Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201101052 - Employee injured from falling tree limb

Accident Summary Nr: 201101052 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 08/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125672139	08/25/1999	2411	0	Macmullin Forestry & Logging

Abstract: An employee was injured while working as a timber feller for a small logging contractor. The employee had been felling several oak trees and was preparing to cut the limbs off of the felled trees. The employee states that he heard a "whooshing" noise and was immediately knocked to the ground. He was not sure what happened, but thinks the noise he heard was a falling limb. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra and a concussion.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, TREE LIMB, FELLER-BUNCHER, TREE, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, FALLING OBJECT, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125672139			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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