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Accident Summary Nr: 141198.015 - Employee sustains head and shoulder injuries when struck by

Accident Summary Nr: 141198.015 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 06/14/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1564227.015	06/24/2021	0782	561730	317728865 - Asplundh Tree Expert Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on June 14, 2021, an employee was working on a crew with three coworkers for a tree care contractor cutting trees. Coworker #1 and Coworker #2 were working as tree cutters (foremen) and the employee and Coworker #3 were working as groundmen (assisting the cutters). Coworker #1 cut a tree and as it was falling the tree struck a standing tree nearby. This caused the standing tree to uproot and fall in the direction of the employee and Coworker #2 . The employee and Coworker #2 were struck by the falling uprooted tree. Coworker #1 called 911 and the employee was taken to the hospital by life flight. The employee was hospitalized with head lacerations and a broken scapula.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Clearance, Clearing, Construction, Cutting, Falling Object, Flying Object, Head, Laceration, Landscaper, Landscaping, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Scapula, Site Clearing, Struck By, Tree, Tree Care, Tree Felling, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1564227.015	21	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Timber cutting and logging occupations

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