Accident Report Detail
Accident: 115143.015 - Logger Incurs Multiple Injuries While Bucking Tree
Accident: 115143.015 -- Report ID: 1032700 -- Event Date: 04/01/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1391342.015 | 04/04/2019 | Forest Service, Cottage Grove Rd | |||||
At 12:15 p.m. on April 1, 2019, Employee # 1, a sawyer, was clearing a road by b ucking through a jam of ten to fifteen 135 foot downed Douglas Fir trees. As Emp loyee # 1 was trying to cut through the log, the tension released. The resulting force of the log impacted Employee # 1 and drove him to the ground. The remaini ng section of log landed on the employee. He was hospitalized for two or more da ys. He suffered shattered teeth, a collapsed lung, multiple fractured ribs, a br oken clavicle, and a fractured vertebrae. | |||||||
Keywords:
bucking, face, fracture, log, lung, rib, sawyer, shoulder, tree, tree felling, vertebra
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1391342.015 | 39 | M | Hospitalized injury | Forestry and conservation scientists |