Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201174166 - Inmate firefighter is injured by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 201174166 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/27/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125720607	10/21/2003	9223	922140	Ca Corrections - High Rock

Abstract: On September 27, 2003, Employee #1, an inmate and wildland firefighter with the California Department of Corrections, was at the site of a fire. Approximately 40 yards away, a California Department of Corrections employee felled a large fir tree, and it struck a limb of an oak tree, which then fell. Employee #1 was struck by the top of the oak tree. He was hospitalized for fractures to his lower back.

Keywords: FIREFIGHTER, FRACTURE, TREE LIMB, BACK, TREE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125720607			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Firefighting occupations

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