Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116754.015 - Employee breaks leg and ribs when struck by felled tree

Accident Summary Nr: 116754.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 05/28/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405090.015	06/03/2019		561730	Sandborn Tree Service

Abstract: At 2:20 p.m. on May 28, 2019, an employee was removing two leaders that had already been topped by a coworker from an amber tree. The employee had put a face cut in the tree, and then put a back cut all way through the face cut leaving the tree unstable. The employee walked into the falling path of the tree and it fell and struck him knocking him to the ground. The employee suffered a broken left femur and ten broken ribs, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Back Cut, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Falling Object, Leg, Rib, Struck By, Topping, Training, Tree, Tree Felling, Tree Limb, Tree Section

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1405090.015	43	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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