Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202489266 - Employee Is Injured When Hit by Falling Tree Top

Accident Summary Nr: 202489266 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 09/15/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125825729	10/06/2009	0851	115310	Summitt Forests Inc

Abstract: On April 15, 2009, an employee, forestry worker was found lying on the ground unconscious. No one witnessed the employee's accident. It appears that the top of a felled tree struck the employee. A coworker fell a tree which struck a dead burned tree. The top of the tree fell several hundred feet onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized and treated for head trauma and arm and shoulder fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SHOULDER, TREE, ARM, FALLING OBJECT, LOGGING, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125825729			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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