Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 788133 - Employee killed, one injured in fall from airborne chokers

Accident Summary Nr: 788133 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 04/10/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105364871	04/07/1989	2411	0	Vivian L Brown Wilbur L Brown

Abstract: For help in climbing a steep hill, Employees #1 and #2 held onto the chokers of a gravity carriage. The employees were inadvertently lifted into the air by a raising skyline and fell off. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 was hospitalized.

Keywords: WIRE ROPE, WORK RULES, FALL, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105364871			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Timber cutting and logging occupations
2	105364871			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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