Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170199152 - FALL - CUT THROUGH LIFELINE WITH CHAIN SAW

Accident Summary Nr: 170199152 -- Report ID: 0950626 -- Event Date: 03/29/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111945234	05/02/1991	0783	0	Irons Tree Service

Abstract: An employee was trimming an 11.7-meter-tall palm tree when he inadvertently cut through his 13-millimeter-diameter safety rope and fell onto a concrete foundation. He was hospitalized with a fractured right leg, a broken nose, and a back injury.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LIFELINE, NOSE, SAW, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111945234			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Forestry workers, except logging

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