Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201491057 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 201491057 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 03/06/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126187814	08/07/2008	1611	237310	Ca Transportation-Highways

Abstract: On March 6, 2008, Employee #1, employed by the California Department of Transportation, was training in tree rescues. He was climbing up the tree to practice rescuing the rescue dummy. He was at the top branch and had secured the dummy. He was securing himself. He did not notice that his shirt got caught in the carabineer while making the connection and it snapped closed and he assumed it was attached properly. He signaled everything was OK and started down but started to fall. He tried to slow himself down by grabbing the ropes but he burned his hands. He slowed the fall but he still hit the ground hard. He sustained a serious fracture to his left leg. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to Fresno Community Hospital, where he was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: BURN, FRACTURE, ROPE, TREE, FALL, INATTENTION, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126187814			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Forestry workers, except logging	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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