Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170628564 - Employee struck by tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170628564 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 08/10/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119756641	08/24/1993	2411	0	Thomes Creek Logging Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working as a choker setter on a yarder. A yarder carries logs in from the woods. Yarders are used in steep terrain. Employee #1 had set a choker and watched as the turn (logs) went into the landing. Employee #1 states that the turn was at the landing when he began to put a choker on another log. Employee #1 was struck by a small tree as he set the choker. It appears the main line knocked the small tree over. Employee #1 had judged that he was in the clear. Employee #1 estimates he was 100 feet to the side of the main line.

Keywords: YARDING, CHOKER SETTER, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, CHOKER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119756641			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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