Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201101698 - Employee's skull fractured by flying wedge

Accident Summary Nr: 201101698 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 07/14/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125664607	07/20/2000	2411	0	B & L Logging Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a timber feller for a small logging contractor, was driving a plastic wedge into the back cut of a tree when the wedge broke in half. A piece of the wedge flew up and struck him in the forehead. Employee #1 was hospitalized for fractured skull.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, FOREHEAD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SKULL, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, HAND TOOL, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125664607			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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