Jeff Dixon Logging LLC

Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. — KESHENA, WISCONSIN

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Jeff Dixon Logging LLC in KESHENA, WISCONSIN
Employer Jeff Dixon Logging LLC Report ID 2018011014
Address Spirit Rock Road, Job Compartment #1200216 City, State ZIP KESHENA, WISCONSIN 54135
Event Date January 31, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. Source of Injury Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 113310 Inspection # 1293129
GPS Coordinates 44.92000, -88.61000

Incident Narrative

On January 31, 2018, an employee was felling an oak tree that became hung up on a rotten tree, which caused the rotten tree to snap, fall, and hit the employee. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery for facial fractures, a forehead laceration, broken bones, a lacerated liver and a brachial plexus injury.

Incident Summary

On January 31, 2018, a worker at Jeff Dixon Logging LLC in KESHENA, WISCONSIN suffered fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c., with trees, logs, limbs, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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