Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 127311.015 - Employee fractures skull when struck by falling tree branch
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1466517.015 | 03/02/2020 | 115310 | Mm Reforestation, Inc. |
Abstract: At 11:40 a.m. on February 3, 2020, an employee working as a logger for a forestry service had just shown up on the work site when he began cutting cutting a madrone tree. He was standing on the ground cutting the tree from the trunk. As the tree was falling, it hit a branch from a nearby black oak tree which broke and fell onto the employee. The branch struck the employee in the head causing skull fractures and requiring hospitalization.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1466517.015 | 45 | M | Hospitalized injury | Timber cutting and logging occupations |