Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202543575 - Employee Cuts Wrist While Trimming Tree
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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314859844 | 02/23/2012 | 0783 | Valley Crest Tree Care Services |
At approximately 9:35 a.m. on February 23, 2012, Employee #1 was cutting down a palm tree with a chainsaw. He was near the top of an eighty foot palm tree and reached out to catch a section of tree that he had just cut with the chainsaw instead of letting it fall. He nicked his left wrist with the chainsaw. Employee #1 was transported to Cedars-Sinai Hospital where he was treated for a deep laceration.
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
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1 | 314859844 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Occupation not reported |