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Accident: 170618615 - Employee Neck Broken When Struck By Falling Tree

**Accident: 170618615 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/21/1998**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125835553	10/23/1998	2411	Casavan Contract Cutting

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on October 21, 1998, Employee #1, of Casavan Contract Cutting, was felling large white fir trees when one tree became lodged in another. He decided to cut down the tree in which the lodged tree was caught. Upon completing the cut, the first tree sat back and fell sideways, while the lodged tree fell directly on Employee #1's head, neck, and shoulders. He sustained multiple injuries, including a broken neck. Employee #1 was administered first aid at the scene and then flown by Life Flight to Washoe Hospital in Reno, NV.

Keywords: fracture, tree felling, work rules, lodged tree, tree, logger, neck, struck by, falling object, logging

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	125835553			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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