Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202488235 - Employee Is Injured by Saw While Felling Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 202488235 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 12/11/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125831255	02/11/2009	2411	113310	Columbia Helicopters

Abstract: On December 11, 2008, Employee #1, a timber faller with a helicopter logging operator, was starting the back cut on a tree. When his saw contacted a small tree close to the tree he was felling, the saw kicked back and struck his lower left leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a fractured left tibia.

Keywords: KICK BACK, FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, TIBIA, SAW, TREE, STRUCK BY, LOGGING, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125831255			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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