Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201100997 - Employee Injured When Struck in Head By Chunk of Wood

Accident Summary Nr: 201100997 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 02/24/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125671677	03/01/1999	2411	0	Simpson Timber Co

Abstract: . Employee #1 was working as a choker-setter/rigging-slinger for a company a doing logging operations. Employee #1 was injured when a piece of wood came off the cables of the "yarder". The "yarder" was returning the carriage to the logged area when a piece of wood got caught on, and slid down the cable. The "yarder" operator slacked the line to allow the wood to fall off the cable. The piece of wood flew down the hill and struck Employee #1 on the head. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries which paralyzed him from the neck down.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, PARALYSIS, LOG, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125671677			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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