Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170097059 - Employee killed by falling logging carriage on skyline

Accident Summary Nr: 170097059 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 08/31/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115486474	09/02/1994	2411	0	Dennis Davis Logging Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115486375	09/02/1994	2411	0	1 Logging Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was a rigging slinger. The logging carriage was extended 1,500 ft or more. The skyline, when slackened, would rub on a standing tree in the Riparian Management Zone (RMZ). Chokermen were attaching the chokers to the logs to be yarded when the carriage dropped suddenly, striking Employee #1 in the head and killing him. Apparently, the skyline was hung up on a broken limb of the tree being rubbed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, WORK RULES, OVERHEAD PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115486474					Occupation Not Listed
2	115486375			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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