Inspection Detail

Inspection: 313546038 - Tower Timber Service'S Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Medford

Inspection Nr: 313546038

Report ID: 1054116

Date Opened: 11/19/2009

Site Address:
Tower Timber Service'S Inc
Minnesota Flats Timber Sale 31s/6w/13
Riddle, OR 97469

Mailing Address:
1121 Riddle By Pass Rd, Riddle, OR 97469

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2411

NAICS: 113310/Logging

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/30/2009

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/30/2009

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201622859

Event: 11/17/2009

Employee Slips, Is Injured by Swing Yarder

At approximately 12 noon on November 19, 2009, Employee #1, of Tower Timber Service's Incorporated, was working as a rigging slinger on a BLM thinning unit. Employee #1 had signaled a swing yarder with a motorized carriage to send a turn of logs to the landing. The swing yarder got caught on a tree. Employee #1 stopped the rigging and detached the swing yarder. As he walked away from the turn on flat ground, his foot slipped off a log and in between two others. The momentum caused his body to move forward while his leg did not, resulting in him falling to the ground. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital for treatment and later transferred to another hospital for surgery for a leg fracture above his ankle.

Keywords: FRACTURE, RIGGING, LOG, SLIP, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313546038			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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