Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202550174 - Employee Fractures Legs in Fall from Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 202550174 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 01/30/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310297965	05/28/2009	0783	561730	E & V Landscape Inc

Abstract: On January 30, 2009, Employee #1 was trimming a 40-ft palm tree, while wearing climbing spurs and a climbing belt. Employee #1 climbed to the fronds at the top of the tree and tied off to the base of a section of fronds. Employee #1 began trimming off fronds using a chain saw. He accidentally cut some fronds in the section he was tied off to. When they began to fall from the tree, his rope slipped free of the bundle he was tied off to. He slipped down the tree trunk until the fronds came completely free of the base, at which point he fell the rest of the way to the ground, landing in some low hedges next to the tree. Employee #1 was taken to a local medical center by paramedics. Employee #1 fractured his legs.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CHAIN SAW, TREE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF, TREE TRIMMING, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310297965			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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