Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202444121 - Employee Is Injured When Run over by Logging Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202444121 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/19/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126158708	06/28/2006	1761	238160	Leonard Roofing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on May 19, 2006, Employee #1 was setting chokers on logs located below a CAT skidder fitted with a grapple. Employee #1 was standing on a 15 to 20 percent sloped hill, when the skidder rolled 30 ft downhill backwards striking Employee #1 in the face with the log handling arm and the tire of the wheeled skidder running over him. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for crushing injuries to his face including: sinus collapse, loss of top and bottom front teeth, broken right arm, ribs and partial loss of vision of his left eye.

Keywords: EYE, FRACTURE, MOUTH, SKIDDER, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, CHOKER, TIRE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126158708			Non Hospitalized injury	Heat Exhaustion	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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