Accident Report Detail

Accident: 116247.015 - Employee Descending Tree Falls, Suffers Multiple Injuries

**Accident: 116247.015 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 12/13/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1400651.015	12/14/2018	0851	317722801 - Warner Creek Company

On December 13, 2021, an employee was climbing and topping trees and creating sn ags about 60 feet from the ground. After the sixth tree he had topped while he w as descending he failed to use the decelerating device properly. The employee fe ll fracturing his right arm and vertebrae and collapsing a lung. The employee w as 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	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1400651.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite FatCause:

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