Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127311.015 - Employee fractures skull when struck by falling tree branch

Accident Summary Nr: 127311.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 02/03/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
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.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cutting, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Logger, Logging, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Skull, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1466517.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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