Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201700135 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL

Accident Summary Nr: 201700135 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 09/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301285144	09/09/1997	6531	0	Property Systems Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:45 a.m. on September 8, 1997, Employee #1 cut a tree limb with a chain saw while standing on a 5-ft stepladder he had leaned against the tree trunk. The limb did not fall because it was hanging from another limb that had grown enmeshed with the cut limb. To free the cut limb, Employee #1 got an extension ladder, climbed onto a 7-ft 9-in.-high carport roof, and cut the second limb. The first limb dropped to the ground. The second limb swept him off the roof. Employee #1 landed on the ground on top of the first limb. Employee #1 suffered a broken leg and bruised shoulder. He was taken to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Prineville, Oregon.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, SHOULDER, STEPLADDER, LADDER, TREE, FALL, TREE TRIMMING, CONTUSION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301285144			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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