Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201623592 - Two Employees Are Struck by Log, One Sustains Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 201623592 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 01/30/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316790989	02/04/2013	0851	115310	Independent Thinning Inc

Abstract: On January 30, 2013, Employee #1 (the Rigging Slinger) and Employee #2 (Choker Setter), who both work with Independent Thinning Inc., were sending in a turn of logs to the landing when one of the logs struck a stump and upended, striking both of them. Both employees were hospitalized. One had unspecified fractures; the other had contusions and abrasions.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOG, LUMBER, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316790989			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations
2	316790989			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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