Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170742704 - Employee's skull fractured when struck in head by log

Accident Summary Nr: 170742704 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 07/12/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124753070	07/12/1994	2411	0	Luoto Logging Inc

Abstract: On August 8, 1994, a rigging crew for Luoto Logging had set the chokers on a turn of small tree length logs. The crew went up the hill to the side of the turn and a little behind it. An approximately 40 ft long, 8 in. diameter hemlock log upended, striking Employee #1, a choker setter, on his hard hat as he tried to run. His head was pushed into a stump and his skull was fractured. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, LOG, CHOKER SETTER, SKULL, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124753070			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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