Logger Injured in Accident at Job Site
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PRESS RELEASE- Gogebic County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a report of a logging accident at approximately 11:00 am Saturday morning near the intersection of Lake Road and Upper Powers Road in Ironwood Township.
The initial investigation reveals that Kory Ofstad, a 24 year old Saxon man, was working in the area when he was struck by a portion of a falling tree.
A co-worker in the area heard the victim hollering for help.
A 911 call was placed from a residence in the area as cell service was unavailable.
The victim sustained serious, but non-life threating injuries as a result of the incident.
Officers, Paramedics from Beacon Ambulance, local residents and co-workers tended to the victim and manually extracted him from the forest where he was transported to an awaiting Ambulance by the Sheriff's Office Off-Road Rescue ATV.
He was transfered to Aspirus Grandview Hospital for further treatment.