Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170380596 - Employee injured when caught between loader and log

Accident Summary Nr: 170380596 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 11/17/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120289368	12/05/1994	2411	0	Louisiana Pacific Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, who had been employed for two months with this employer, was sharpening his chain saw at a helicopter logging site while other employees were moving logs to the deck area. A Caterpillar 966 tractor loader operator did not see Employee #1 and Employee #1 did not hear the warning bell. Subsequently, Employee #1 was caught between the loader and a log and suffered a fractured pelvis and hip. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOG, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PELVIS, LOADER, LOGGING, HIP, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120289368			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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