Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201020591 - Logger Is Injured When Struck by Falling Branch

Accident Summary Nr: 201020591 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 08/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125533950	08/05/2005	2411	113310	H & M Logging Inc

Abstract: On August 1, 2005, a logging crew was yarding previously-felled logs using a live skyline with a mechanical carriage. Employee #1, a choker setter, had just finished hooking a choker on a log and started to walk away from the rigging. Upon his signal, the yarder operator started to move the rigging. As the log was raised, a branch broke off, fell, and struck Employee #1's back. He was hospitalized for unspecified fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, RIGGING, YARDING, TREE LIMB, BACK, CHOKER SETTER, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, CHOKER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125533950			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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