Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144357.015 - Employee receives leg fracture when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 144357.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 02/28/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1582244.015	03/08/2022		237310	Clinton County Secondary Road Department

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on February 28, 2022, an employee walked down a road to talk with coworker #1 who was operating a dump truck while coworker #2 began to use a chainsaw to cut down a tree. As the employee left coworker #1 and approached coworker #2, the tree fell and an attached limb struck the employee on the leg. The employee was taken to the hospital by the coworkers and hospitalized to treat a fracture to the leg (tibia),

Keywords: Chain Saw, Cutting, Dump Truck, Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Operator, Struck By, Tibia, Tree Felling, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1582244.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Highway Maintenance Worker

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