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Accident Summary Nr: 95075.015 - Employee is struck in head by logging equipment and is injur

Accident Summary Nr: 95075.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 04/20/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1227781.015	04/24/2017		113310	John Wheeler Logging, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on April 20, 2017, an employee was removing bolts from the rear link leveling system of a Timberjack Feller Buncher (model number: 608L) logging machine. Once thee bolts were completely removed, it caused the rear link, which was unsupported, to release. The swing platform dropped and struck the employee in the head. The employee sustained serious lacerations to his head and ear, and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: Head, Laceration, Lockout/Tagout, Logging, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1227781.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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