Incident date: 2025-07-31
NAICS industry code: 321113

A drive chain broke at the wave feeder on the log line infeed. The injured employee came to help move logs with a remote-controlled hoist so they could reach the chain sprocket. He connected the log grapple to a log and started to lift the log with the hoist. The log rolled and pinned his left leg against another log, fracturing his leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Logs
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate