Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170614176 - Employee killed when struck by snag

Accident Summary Nr: 170614176 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 12/29/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119762078	12/30/1994	2411	0	Crowman Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was a choker setter for Crowman Corp., a helicopter logging company. His job was to hook chokers to logs and then to the hook on the helicopter for removal from the forest. Employee #1 was holding several choker nubbins and watching the helicopter lower the hook when the top came out of a snag approximately 25 ft behind him. The snag top struck him on the head. He died.

Keywords: HEAD, LODGED TREE, CHOKER SETTER, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119762078			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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