Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170132310 - Employee Injured In 50 Ft Fall From Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170132310 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 07/15/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123746695	07/24/1997	0783	0	Rod E Akin

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on or about July 15, 1997, a crew was felling a Ponderosa pine tree from which the limbs had already been removed. Employee #1 had not left himself any branches to rappel down, so he cut a notch in the top of the 50 ft tall tree, inserted his rappel line, and jumped out. The bight of the rappel line came out of the notch and he fell to the ground. Employee #1 suffered a severed spinal cord, a broken back, a fractured pelvis, multiple cuts and abrasions.

Keywords: severed, fracture, tree felling, spine, unsecured, back, laceration, abrasion, fall, rappelling

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123746695			Hospitalized injury	Other	Forestry workers, except logging

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