Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201100955 - Employee injured in fall from slippery boom loader

Accident Summary Nr: 201100955 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 02/10/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125669762	02/17/1999	2411	0	Simpson Timber Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was working for Simpson Timber Company as a Mechanical Loader Operator running a heel boom log loading machine. He rested the boom on the bank of the road in order to walk out on it to check on a loose wire hanging from the boom's light. It was snowing at the time, and he slipped off the boom and fell about 12 ft. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a dislocated hip, some fractured vertebra, and a fractured right ankle.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOG LOADER, BOOM, SLIP, DISLOCATED, FALL, LOGGING, VERTEBRA, HIP, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125669762			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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