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Accident: 96223.015 - Employee Struck By Falling Timber Is Hospitalized

**Accident: 96223.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 05/02/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1238602.015	05/10/2017		Iowa Bridge And Culvert, Lc

At 3:00 p.m. on May 2, 2017, An employee was standing in the fall zone of a timb er piling being cut. A coworker was cutting a timber piling when the 18.5 foot s ection that was cut spun. The timber fell in the direction of the employee, stri king him in the back and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: chain saw, crushing, falling object, piling

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1238602.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Forming for piers or pylons FatCause:

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