Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 789529 - Employee's skull fractured when struck by tree

Accident Summary Nr: 789529 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 12/12/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124766122	12/12/1994	2411	0	Croman Corp

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on December 8, 1994, Employee #1, a hooker/choker setter of Croman Corporation, was working on a helicopter logging sale approximately 30 miles northwest of Klamath Falls, OR. He was working within a tree length of another hooker who was hooking up a tree to the helicopter's drop line. The rotor-wash kicked out a hung 11 in. (dbh) Douglas fir that then fell toward Employee #1 and struck him on top of the head. Employee #1 sustained a fractured skull and was flown by the logging helicopter to Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, LODGED TREE, SKULL, TREE, HELICOPTER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124766122			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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