Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201100526 - EMPLOYEE'S LEG BROKEN WHEN STRUCK BY A LOG

Accident Summary Nr: 201100526 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 02/17/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125664557	02/24/1998	4971	0	Anderson/Cottonwood Irrigation

Abstract: Employee #1, a maintenance worker, was walking toward a log to cut it with a chain saw. The backhoe operator was holding the log in the bucket clamp of the backhoe. The log pivoted in the clamp as the backhoe stopped. The log struck Employee #1 on the left leg, fracturing it. Employee #1 was hospitalized for her injury.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CHAIN SAW, LOG, STRUCK BY, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125664557			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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