OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221373343
NEVER GIVE UP LOGGING INC
SMITH RIVER, CA·
Event description
Employee injures head when struck by cable while working on
Investigation abstract
At 12:30 p.m. on July 6, 2021, an employee working as a choker setter on a yoder logging site had just given the all-clear signal. While looking down at the ground, the employee failed to move clear of a cable being released. The cable struck the employee, resulting in a fractured skull and a brain bleed. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 496
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