Accident Report Detail

Accident: 128301.015 - Employee Incurs Contusions When Struck By Falling Tree

**Accident: 128301.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 07/31/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1486656.015	07/31/2020		T&H Services, Llc

At 07:30 a.m. on July 31, 2020, an employee was assisting in the felling of a tr ee. The Assistant Lead Laborer attempted a back cut to a tree stump. When they could not cut the stump further due to the bend and stress of the tree, the empl oyee and two coworkers attempted to push the tree to make it fall. The tree eve ntually snapped and struck the employee knocking him back. The employee sustaine d contusions to the neck and back and was treated but not hospitalized.

Keywords: back, back cut, concussion, contusion, cut, falling object, neck, struck by, tree, tree felling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1486656.015	19	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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