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Nelson Logging, LLC

Struck by object or equipment rolling freely — Fractures and other injuries, unspecified — SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Nelson Logging, LLC in SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN
Employer Nelson Logging, LLC Report ID 2018010235
Address Darrell Ott Farm City, State ZIP SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN 53588
Event Date January 8, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, unspecified Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by object or equipment rolling freely Source of Injury Trees
Industry (NAICS) 113310 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.17000, -90.06000

Incident Narrative

An employee was attempting to hook a log up to a log skidder when a felled tree hit another tree. The second tree then rolled and hit the employee. He suffered a broken left leg and pelvis and an abdomen injury, requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On January 8, 2018, a worker at Nelson Logging, LLC in SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN suffered fractures and other injuries, unspecified to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by object or equipment rolling freely, with trees identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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