Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201202637 - Employee's leg is amputated in logging yarder

Accident Summary Nr: 201202637 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 07/19/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306974858	07/20/2004	2411	113310	Miller Timber Logging Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on July 19, 2004, Employee #1 and other members of a logging crew had down-rigged a 6150 Thunderbird yarder and had started to move it off it's leveling cribbing when Employee #1 observed an item that was about to be run over. When he stepped between the moving yarder and the cut bank, the tracks of the yarder ran over his lower left leg, crushing and amputating his leg. He was transported by helicopter to a local hospital and then to OSHU in Portland, OR where he was hospitalized.

Keywords: YARDING, AMPUTATED, CRUSHED, LOGGER, LOGGING, RUN OVER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306974858			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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