OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406564

ANDERSON LOGGING, INC.

COVELO, CA· 2021-07-09T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cable, Chest, Choker, Choker Cable, Concussion, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Fracture, Hard Hat, Head, Lodged Tree, Logger, Logging, Rib, Struck By, Supervisor, Tree, Tree Felling, Tree Section, Unsafe Position, Winch
NAICS: 113310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345449409
Employer profile: ANDERSON LOGGING, INC.
Summary number: 221406564
Report ID: 0950621

Event description

Employee sustains multiple injuries when struck by falling t

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on July 9, 2021, an employee working as a supervisor for a logging that were not needed (only one choker was needed for the hung up tree). The employee placed the unused chokers over his shoulder and was walking past the rear of the tractor clearing the area. Coworker #1 followed behind him approximately 15 to 20 feet from the employee . The employee was walking on the rear side of the tractor when Coworker #2 yelled "look out." The hung up tree had dropped off the stump and was starting to twist. Coworker #2 attempted to winch the falling tree in another direction, but it hit the stump and fell towards the rear of the tractor. The employee was approximately 20 to 25 feet away from the rear of the tractor when the top of the tree hit him on the head. The employee was wearing a hard hat. The employee was taken to the local company was working with a crew of five coworkers conducting logging operations hospital and then flown to another hospital. He was hospitalized to treat a closed cervical (C6) fracture, closed rib fracture, closed right ankle fracture, and a concussion. The employee was released from the hospital three days later on July 12, 2021. on a ridge (THP No. 1-20-00123-MEN). The employee has 30 years of experience and has been employed for 22 months with this employer. The employee was working with Coworker #1 who pulled a winch line and a choker to the base of a hung up (lodged) 18-inch-diameter at the breast height by 50-foot-tall Douglas fir tree. Coworker #1 placed the choker on the tree just above where it was severed from the stump. The employee and Coworker #1 returned to the rear of a Caterpillar D6H tractor being operated by Coworker #2 to retrieve the remaining chockers

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 49 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
494

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