Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202614251 - Employee Is Injured in Yarder Overturn

Accident Summary Nr: 202614251 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 02/07/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315952481	02/08/2012	2411	113310	Warrenton Fiber Co

Abstract: On February 7, 2012, a crew was sending a turn of logs to the landing, and the "dog" on the guyline broke. That caused the guyline to free spool and the yarder to tip sideways. Employee #1 sustained a fracture to an unspecified body part during the incident, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, YARDING, LOG, BROKEN CABLE, GUY, LOGGING, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315952481			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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