Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202607339 - Employee Fractures Hip after Falling from Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 202607339 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 11/20/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313792012	11/23/2009	0783	561730	Mccullough Tree Experts Inc

Abstract: On November 20, 2009, Employee #1, a tree cutter, was making the back cut, felling the top out of a rotted tree. He was attached by his arborist saddle and lanyard. The part of the trunk that was felled struck the ground point first, making the felled section fall into the standing or bottom trunk. Employee #1 struggled to get free from the falling tree but was still attached, and he fell eight feet to the ground below. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to a shock trauma center with a broken left hip. He was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE FELLING, PPE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, HIP, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313792012			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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