Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 792945 - Employee injured when struck by falling log

Accident Summary Nr: 792945 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 09/22/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108290909	09/22/1994	0851	0	James William Strunk

Abstract: On September 20, 1994, Employee #1, of 7-S Logging, was standing near the cab guard of a truck with his back to the load while bucking a root wad off a tree parallel to the truck. A log that had just been loaded rolled over both stake extensions, striking him in the back. He sustained two fractured vertebrae and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, LOG, WORK RULES, LOAD SHIFT, STAKES, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, VERTEBRA, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108290909			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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