Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202485991 - Employee Is Injured in Fall While Cutting Timber

Accident Summary Nr: 202485991 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 11/29/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125820837	12/14/2007	2411	113310	Columbia Helicopters Inc.

Abstract: On November 29, 2007, Employee #1 was working for the company as a timber feller. His employer is a logging contractor. The company uses a helicopter to remove logs from the forest. Employee #1 does not remember how he was inured. It appeared that Employee #1 was bent over bucking a tree when he fell approximately 8 feet onto an old skid road. It is unknown why Employee #1 fell. The best guess was that Employee #1 lost his balance while leaning forward. Employee #1 received a punctured lung and a concussion and was hospitalized.

Keywords: LUNG, LOGGER, FALL, CONCUSSION, BUCKING, LOST BALANCE, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125820837			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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