Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116673.015 - Employee incurs chest injuries after being thrown into berm

Accident Summary Nr: 116673.015 -- Report ID: 0253420 -- Event Date: 05/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1404568.015	05/29/2019		561210	New Jersey Department Of Transportation - West Amwell Maintenance Yard

Abstract: On May 12, 2019, an employee was cutting a section of a downed telephone pole to free a coworker's chain saw. After removing the chainsaw, stored tension in the telephone wires caused one of the saw cuts to close and the section of the pole to snap back releasing the tension in the wires. The wires then struck the employee and the coworker and pushed both of them off to the side of the road. The employee was thrown into a berm and suffered multiple broken ribs and a dislocated wrist, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chain Saw, Chest, Cutting, Dislocated, Fracture, Puncture, Rib, Struck Against, Struck By, Utility Pole, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1404568.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury

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