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Accident Summary Nr: 116247.015 - Employee descending tree falls, suffers multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 116247.015 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 12/13/2018
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1400651.01512/14/20180851115310317722801 - Warner Creek Company

Abstract: On December 13, 2021, an employee was climbing and topping trees and creating snags about 60 feet from the ground. After the sixth tree he had topped while he was descending he failed to use the decelerating device properly. The employee fell fracturing his right arm and vertebrae and collapsing a lung. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Collapsed lung, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Lung, Topping, Tree, Tree Climbing System, Tree Trimming, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 1400651.015 32 M Hospitalized injury Laborers, except construction Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite
Fatality Cause:

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