Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201101532 - Employee's leg fractured by falling tree limb

Accident Summary Nr: 201101532 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 05/29/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125725374	06/22/2000	2411	0	Three Star Logging

Abstract: Employee #1, a rigging slinger for a small logging contractor, and two coworkers were presetting chokers on logs before a yarder moved them to a landing. He was approximately 100 ft away from the carriage as it moved a turn of logs to the landing. As the slack in the line was being taken up, the line pulled against a tree and dislodged a limb. The branch flew down the hillside toward Employee #1. He saw the limb coming and ducked behind a nearby stump, but one of his legs was exposed and was struck by the falling tree limb. He sustained a fractured leg, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE LIMB, CHOKER SETTER, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, LOGGING, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125725374			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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