Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201171469 - Tree feller's ankle fractured by dislodged log

Accident Summary Nr: 201171469 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 11/03/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125808584	11/15/2001	2411	0	Quality Timber Falling

Abstract: Employee #1, a timber feller for a logging company, suffered a factured left ankle when a log he was cutting struck him. He was sawing the felled tree into shorter logs. The tree was lying in a bind, but Employee #1 cut it, and was injured when he tried to get out of the way when the log dislodged and moved several feet.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, LOG, LODGED TREE, SAW, STRUCK BY, ANKLE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125808584			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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