Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201621711 - Logging operator suffers back injury when log strikes him

Accident Summary Nr: 201621711 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 07/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307329334	07/27/2004	2411	113310	Jeff Unger Logging Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on July 23, 2004, a loader operator of a logging company reached out and grabbed the top section of a large tree that had a 26-foot section cut off the butt end. The tree was moved with the top angled uphill. The loader operator then got off the machine and started to help delimb the top section. The unstable log rolled around, approximately one full turn. When the log rolled, it struck the operator in the back, bruising his right-side kidney and possibly his liver. After the accident, the person felling timber at the job site ran to help the loader operator, who was lying on the ground. He transported the loader operator to Bay Area Hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.

Keywords: LOG LOADER, TREE LIMB, LOG, BACK, TREE, LOGGER, TREE SECTION, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307329334			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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