Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 201100724 - Employee Falls On Chainsaw

**Accident: 201100724 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 09/26/1998**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125670869	10/02/1998	2411	Mccollum Engineering Inc

Employee #1 worked for a timber faller. Employee #1 was climbing a tree that he had felled. A small oak tree behind him fell over and hit Employee #1. This caused him to lose his balance and fall against his running chain saw. Employee #1's left arm was cut by the chain on his chain saw. Employee #1 was hospitalized. It was not determined what caused the small oak tree to fall.

Keywords: tree felling, laceration, tree, fall, struck by, arm, lost balance

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	125670869			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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