Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202484820 - Employee's Shoulder Fractured by Falling Tree Top

Accident Summary Nr: 202484820 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 02/01/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125820340	03/20/2007	2411	113310	Bishop Logging

Abstract: On February 1, 2007, Employee #1 was working as a rigging slinger for a logging contractor. The company was removing logs from the forest using a yarder to haul logs to the landing. Employee #1 was approximately 80 feet away from an old fir tree that was to be left as a squirrel tree. He stated the yarder line (road) was well away from the tree so as to avoid brushing it. He heard the tree's top cracking and he turned to run around the side of the hill. The tree's top broke off and fell to the ground, landing on a rock outcropping and exploding into hundreds of pieces. A piece approximately 2 feet long by 6 inches wide struck Employee #1 on his back. He sustained a fractured left shoulder and fractured vertebra.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, TREE, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125820340			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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