Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201486875 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Falling Tree Branch

Accident Summary Nr: 201486875 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 09/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125758268	10/12/2004	1542	236220	Sausal Corporation

Abstract: On September 23, 2004, Employee #1, carpenter foreman, was trimming tree branches using his personal chain saw. A falling tree branch struck his right leg. Employee was hospitalized for a fractured leg. The employer is a general contractor that was hired to build a track, a football field, and a clubhouse, not to trim trees.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE LIMB, CARPENTER, CHAIN SAW, CONSTRUCTION, DISLOCATED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TREE TRIMMING, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125758268			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Construction of playing fields, tennis courts Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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