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Inspection: 125720607 - Ca Corrections - High Rock

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office

 

Inspection Nr: 125720607
Report ID: 0950621
Date Opened: 10/21/2003

Site Address:
Ca Corrections - High Rock
Humboldt State Park
Fortuna, CA 95540

Mailing Address:
Po Box 296, Weott, CA 95571

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:9223

NAICS: 922140/Correctional Institutions

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: StateGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/22/2003

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/16/2004

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 362343402

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201174166
Event: 09/27/2003
Inmate firefighter is injured by falling tree

On September 27, 2003, Employee #1, an inmate and wildland firefighter with the California Department of Corrections, was at the site of a fire. Approximately 40 yards away, a California Department of Corrections employee felled a large fir tree, and it struck a limb of an oak tree, which then fell. Employee #1 was struck by the top of the oak tree. He was hospitalized for fractures to his lower back.

Keywords: FIREFIGHTER, FRACTURE, TREE LIMB, BACK, TREE, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 125720607 Hospitalized injury Fracture Firefighting occupations
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