Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201201787 - Employee struck by a large rock suffers a fractured vertebra

Accident Summary Nr: 201201787 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 05/09/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304752967	05/10/2002	2411	0	Crown B Logging Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on May 9, 2002, an employee who was working on rigging was struck by a rock that rolled down a 70-degree slope. The employee was part of a rigging crew that had just sent a turn of logs to a landing. As the rigging slinger turned towards the area of the next turn, he heard a large rock coming down the hill. The crew, aware of the danger took up positions of safety with the exception of this employee. He was not in a safe position when he was struck by a two-ton rock. The employee was struck in the lower back and was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra and hip.

Keywords: FRACTURE, RIGGING, ROCK, BACK, STRUCK BY, VERTEBRA, HIP, SLOPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304752967			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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