Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201177185 - Employee Fractures Neck When Struck by Log

Accident Summary Nr: 201177185 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 04/22/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125829747	04/26/2005	2411	113310	Steve Wills Trucking & Logging

Abstract: On April 22, 2005, Employee #1, a log truck driver, was placing binders on his loaded log truck. No one witnessed this accident. Employee #1 was found beside his loaded log truck with a laceration on his chin and holding his head with his hands. Employee #1 had a fractured vertebra in his neck. Employee #1 was taken to a hospital by a private vehicle. Then he was released and went home. Employee #1 was hospitalized later the same day and had surgery. A halo was placed on his head to restrict his head and neck movement. Employee #1 was hospitalized for several days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SPINE, LACERATION, LOG TRUCK, NECK, STRUCK BY, FACE, LOGGING, VERTEBRA, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125829747			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Truck drivers, heavy

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