Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201204724 - Employee Is Injured When Lifted and Dropped by Logging Cable

Accident Summary Nr: 201204724 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 08/20/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314789926	08/23/2011	2411	113310	Kelley Bros Inc

Abstract: On August 20, 2011, a drop line yarder skidding system was being used by the employer to harvest a clear cut unit. The crew was setting up a road change. An employee was walking out of the logging unit ahead of the rest of the crew. The employee was lifted by the haul back cable and then dropped approximately 25 feet to the logged forest floor, where he struck a stump. The employee was hospitalized and treated for multiple unspecified fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FALL, LOGGING, CABLE LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314789926			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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