Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202490942 - Logger Injured When Struck by Rolling Boulder

Accident Summary Nr: 202490942 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/22/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125827170	12/14/2010	2411	113310	Lance B Pickle Logging

Abstract: On December 14, 2010, Employee #1, a 24 year-old male, with Lance B Pickle Logging a logging contractor was working as a choker setter on a Yarding system. Employee #1 was struck by a boulder that broke loose as the carriage was returning to pick up another turn of logs. The carriage dislodged the boulder as it was moving down the hill to the logging site. Employee #1 was struck by the boulder and knocked onto a rock pile estimated to be thirty feet away. Employee #1 was hospitalized with undisclosed injuries.

Keywords: ROCK, LOG, STUCK, LOGGER, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125827170			Hospitalized injury	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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