Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125664607 - B & L Logging Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Redding District Office

Inspection Nr: 125664607

Report ID: 0950623

Date Opened: 07/20/2000

Site Address:
B & L Logging Inc
Whipple Sale Above Trinity Center
Trinity Center, CA 96091

Mailing Address:
Po Box 735, Hayfork, CA 96041

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/20/2000

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis: L:Regionp1

Case Closed: 12/22/2000

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361706047

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201101698

Event: 07/14/2000

Employee's skull fractured by flying wedge

Employee #1, a timber feller for a small logging contractor, was driving a plastic wedge into the back cut of a tree when the wedge broke in half. A piece of the wedge flew up and struck him in the forehead. Employee #1 was hospitalized for fractured skull.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, FOREHEAD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SKULL, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, HAND TOOL, LOGGING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125664607			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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