Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 308418631 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Log

Accident Summary Nr: 308418631 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 06/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308418631	06/02/2005	2411	113310	Rose Logging Inc

Abstract: At approximately 6:00 a.m. on June 1, 2005, Employee #1, with Rose Logging, Inc., was working setting chokers and performing hooktender duties. A TSY 50 yarder was in use with a standing skyline and motorized carriage. He and another employee set a turn of three logs and retreated uphill, ahead of the last short log in the turn. The go-ahead signal was given and the lines were tensioned. The short log in the turn pivoted on the end of another log and swung uphill towards two employees. Employee #1 was struck in the torso and received multiple rib fractures and internal injuries. He was airlifted to Sacred Heart Hospital for treatment.

Keywords: FRACTURE, RIGGING, LOG, TORSO, LOGGER, RIB, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308418631			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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