Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201100823 - Employee's leg amputated when log loader backs over

Accident Summary Nr: 201100823 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 12/18/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125671123	01/06/1999	2411	0	Eslinger Logging

Abstract: On December 18, 1998, Employee #1, a landing chaser, employed by a small logging contractor, was operating a yarder to remove the downed timber from the forest. At the time of the accident, Employee #1 had just put the other employees' lunches on the yarder carriage to send them down to where the employees were setting chokers. Employee #1 was standing next to the log loader, Komatsu, PC 250-6, when it moved toward Employee #1 and ran up on his left leg. Employee #1's left leg was amputated below his knee. Employee #1 stated that he was standing looking up at the carriage as it moved out of the landing area. Employee #1 could not explain why he stood so close to the log loader.

Keywords: LOG LOADER, AMPUTATED, LOGGING, RUN OVER, CHOKER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125671123			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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