Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200231546 - Employee Is Killed by a Falling Rock

Accident Summary Nr: 200231546 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 09/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306441023	09/22/2004	2411	113310	Steve Henderson Logging, Inc.

Abstract: On September 21, 2004, Employee #1 was working as a choker-setter on a cable yarding logging site where the terrain was sloped approximately 60 degrees. The skyline carriage had returned after pulling logs up the hill to a landing. Employee #1 was pulling slack on the choker so he could attach it to a log when a rock dislodged from the steep hillside, striking him, and killing him.

Keywords: YARDING, ROCK, LOG, STEEP GRADE, STRUCK BY, SLOPING, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING, CHOKER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306441023			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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