Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119622.015 - Employee fractures neck and hip when struck by tree limb

Accident Summary Nr: 119622.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 08/28/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428860.015	09/05/2019		561730	Trees, Llc.

Abstract: At 3:54 p.m. on August 28, 2019, an employee was pulling a control line on a tree being felled when the tree fell in the wrong direction and a limb broke off and struck him. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured cervical vertebrae and a fractured hip.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Control Lines, Fracture, Hip, Neck, Pulling, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Felling, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1428860.015	46	M	Hospitalized injury		Forestry workers, except logging

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