Inspection Detail

Inspection: 316774488 - Pisgah Hardwood Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Winston-Salem

Inspection Nr: 316774488

Report ID: 0453720

Date Opened: 10/03/2012

Site Address:
Pisgah Hardwood Corporation
Logging Site / Ben'S Cove Tract
Candler, NC 28715

Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 2599, Candler, NC 28715

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0851

NAICS: 115310/Support Activities for Forestry

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/05/2013

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis: L:Logging, S:Tree Felling

Case Closed: 02/05/2013

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100076298
Referral	200303691	Yes

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200075174

Event: 10/02/2012

Truck Driver Jumps from Rolling Truck, Suffers Lacerations

On October 2, 2012, Employee #1, a 68-year-old male log truck driver with Pisgah Hardwood Corporation, was leaving a logging site with a loaded truck. Employee #1 lost control of the vehicle and was not able to gain control of his truck once it started rolling downhill. Employee #1jumped from truck's cab just before the truck crashed into a large tree. Employee #1 was hospitalized and suffered from unspecified lacerations from the event.

Keywords: LACERATION, TRUCK, TRACTOR--TRUCK, FACE, LEG, TRUCK DRIVER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316774488			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Truck drivers, heavy

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