Inspection Detail

Inspection: 124690942 - Nygaard Logging Co Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Or-E-Portland - Safety 1 1054111

Inspection Nr: 124690942

Report ID: 1054111

Date Opened: 09/03/1996

Site Address:
Nygaard Logging Co Inc
Vesper 3 Timber Sale - 12mi Nw Of
Vernonia, OR 97064

Mailing Address:
Po Box 157, Warrenton, OR 97146

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/03/1996

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/03/1996

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170133268

Event: 08/29/1996

Two employees injured when struck by upended log

Employees #1 and #2 were working their way up a hill, picking up stray logs that had fallen off the turns that day. They set a choker on a 30 ft log and went slowly ahead on the rigging to pick up another log that was 20 ft uphill. The log they had choked upended and struck both of them. Employee #1 suffered a broken pelvis. s and Employee #2's wrist was broken.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, LOG, WORK RULES, CHOKER SETTER, PELVIS, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, CHOKER, WRIST

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124690942			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations
2	124690942			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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