Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201610771 - Employee injured when struck by tree top

Accident Summary Nr: 201610771 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 10/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302049333	10/29/1998	2411	0	Walty Contract Cutting Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on October 23, 1998, Employee #1, working for Walty Contract Cutting, Inc., was injured when he fell a Douglas fir tree which had a small Cedar top hung up in the tree. The fir tree fell, pulling the Cedar top. The cedar top hit another tree and spun around striking Employee #1 in the head. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, SKULL, TREE, LOGGER, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302049333			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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