Incident date: 2023-10-19
NAICS industry code: 113310

An employee was running choker lines on fallen timber when the line jumped and the carriage took off down the skyline. The employee was holding onto the choker line when it grabbed the employee and threw them approximately 30-40 feet across the ground. The employee sustained a skull fracture, bruises/contusions/abrasions, and a concussion that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate