Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1457256.015 - Sutherland Logging, Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Redding District Office

Inspection Nr: 1457256.015

Report ID: 0950623

Date Opened: 01/09/2020

Site Address:
Sutherland Logging, Inc
6 Miles Up Highland Ridge Rd.
French Gulch, CA 96033

Mailing Address:
4439 Tenaya Court, Redding, CA 96003

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 113310/Logging

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/06/2020

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/06/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1532464

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 127491.015

Event: 01/07/2020

Employee fractures ribs and back when struck by branch

At 8:00 a.m. on January 7, 2020, an employee was waiting for a carriage to come to him. As the carriage went past a small tree, the choker grabbed an oak branch causing it to be flung at the employee. The employee did not react quickly enough to move out of the way and was struck by the branch. The employee incurred fractures to three ribs and a vertebrae and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abrasion, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught By, Chest, Choker, Choker Cable, Contusion, Flying Object, Fracture, Logging, Propelled, Rib, Struck By, Tree, Tree Limb, Vertebra

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1457256.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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