Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133775.015 - Employee fractures leg when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 133775.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 02/25/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1517736.015	03/01/2021		312130	Wilson Artisan Wineries

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on February 25, 2021, a vineyard crew was performing a tree removal operation. An employee had removed a couple of smaller trees. He then attempted to fell a portion of a tree without notching and/or leaving holding wood to ensure the tree would fall away from him. This resulted in the tree snapping and falling towards the employee, pinning his left leg between a rock and the limb. The employee broke his lower leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Caught Between, Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Pinned, Rock, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Failure, Tree Felling, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1517736.015	67	M	Hospitalized injury		Farm workers

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