Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170841332 - Employee fractures back in fall while clearing brush

Accident Summary Nr: 170841332 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 07/24/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125597971	07/26/2000	0851	0	Prunuske Chatham Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was removing limbs and brush from a creek bank as part of creek restoration work being done at the site of a new single-family construction project. He had one foot on the stump of a bay tree and was pushing the brush and limbs into the creek bed, which had about 6 in. of water over a sandy bottom. Employee #1 lost his balance, flipping over as he fell into the creek bed. He landed on his back, fracturing his vertebrae from his thorax to T-11. Employee #1 was not using any equipment at the time of the accident.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, FRACTURE, BACK, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, RIVER, FALL, LOST BALANCE, VERTEBRA, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125597971			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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