Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119057.015 - Employee cutting tree fractures leg when struck by rolling l

Accident Summary Nr: 119057.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1424286.015	08/13/2019		113310	Barnett Logging, Inc

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on July 25, 2019, an employee was using a chain saw preparing to buck a log from a felled tree. The tree section he cut rolled onto his left leg. The employee incurred a fractured tibula and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chain Saw, Cutting, Fracture, Leg, Log, Logging, Lumber, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Slope, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling, Tree Section, Unstable Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1424286.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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