Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 95158.015 - Employee Is Stuck By A Tree Limb And Suffers Several Injurie

**Accident: 95158.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 02/21/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1211916.015	02/21/2017		Harvest Rgi, Llc

At 7:30 a.m. on February 21, 2017, the employee made several cuts to a tree with a chain saw and then walked behind a trackhoe that was to push the tree trunk o ver. The employee was struck by a tree limb that fell as the tree was pushed ov er. The employee received lacerations to the forehead, abrasions to the face, f ractures to the ribs, and abrasions to the fingers.

Keywords: bulldozer, chain saw, emergency response, falling object, struck by, tree felling, tree limb

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1211916.015	46	M	Fatality		Chainsaw Operator	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause:

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