Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170765366 - Employee Struck in the Shoulder by Falling Tree Branch

Accident Summary Nr: 170765366 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 12/27/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125528307	01/05/2005	0783	561730	The Davey Tree Surgery Company

Abstract: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on December 27, 2004, Employee #1 was working under a tree being trimmed. He was cleaning up debris cut from the tree. A coworker, who was 40 ft in the tree, was trimming branches and dropping them to the ground. The coworker would yell a warning before dropping a branch. The coworker dropped a 4 ft branch but Employee #1 did not hear is warning. Employee #1 was struck in his right shoulder and was hospitalized with a fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, WORK RULES, LIMBING, TREE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125528307			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Forestry workers, except logging

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