Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 153297.015 - Employee is killed when struck by log

Accident Summary Nr: 153297.015 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 01/20/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1646927.015	01/23/2023		113310	105585 - Zajac Logging Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 a.m. on January 20, 2023, an employee was using a knuckleboom loader to lift and place timber on a portable sawmill that cut timber into 8-foot segments and then remove the segments and stack them. While operating the loader, a hydraulic hose that connected to the arm actuator broke off and caused the lifted timber to swing back into the cab and strike the employee. The employee died due to his injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Hydraulic Line, Log, Log Loader, Logging, Sawmill, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1646927.015	67	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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