Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201622578 - Employee Is Struck by the Mast of a Yarder

Accident Summary Nr: 201622578 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 09/03/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312178494	09/04/2008	2411	113310	D & H Logging Co

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 am on September 3, 2008, Employee #1, a yarder engineer, and coworker were raising the mast and boom on a PSY 200 yarder. The haulback line was threaded onto the mast sheave and was used to raise the mast. As the mast opened from the collapsed traveling position the employee noticed a guyline was wrapped on the haulback line which would cause further problems. The haulback line was slacked off. However, the mast did not return to the traveling position. The employee tried to pull the haulback line off the wrapped guyline. The mast was not secured in the traveling position or secured from falling. The mast collapsed striking the employee. Employee #1 was hospitalized but his injuries were not specified.

Keywords: YARDING, BOOM, HAULBACK LINE, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312178494			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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