Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200201101 - Employee Injured When Struck By Operating Chainsaw

**Accident: 200201101 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 11/11/1999**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
302560552	12/30/1999	2421	Foster Lumber Company

Employee #1 was standing on a platform in the cut-off saw area of a sawmill. He was using a chainsaw to cut up a log that had become jammed in the trough when he slipped through a platform opening and fell 13 ft to the ground. The chainsaw, which was still running, landed on his head. He sustained head and neck lacerations, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: portable power tool, head, chain saw, work rules, laceration, fall, neck, struck by, falling object, work surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	302560552			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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