Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170088744 - Employees injure backs in fall from logging carriage

Accident Summary Nr: 170088744 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 06/29/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123722290	06/29/1992	2411	0	Tack Logging Inc

Abstract: According to interviews and physical evidence, it appears that Employees #1, #2, and #3 may have been attempting to ride a log attached to a radio-controlled, motorized logging carriage. For reason(s) not yet determined, the drop line that was attached to the log broke, and all three employees fell approximately 50 feet. They were transported by the 939 rescue wing to Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, OR, with multiple back injuries.

Keywords: WORK RULES, BROKEN CABLE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, BACK, FALL, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123722290	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations
2	123722290	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations
3	123722290	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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