Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114077.015 - Employee is struck by falling tree and receives seven rib fr

Accident Summary Nr: 114077.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 02/21/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1380743.015	02/28/2019		237990	Saginaw County Road Commission

Abstract: At 11:50 a.m. on February 21, 2019, an employee and two coworkers made wedge cuts into a thirty-inch diameter tree. When the tree fell in the opposite direction the employee expected, the employee was struck by the tree and was hospitalized with seven rib fractures, lung puncture and left knee sprain.

Keywords: Cutting, Falling Object, Fracture, Knee, Lung, Puncture, Rib, Sprain, Struck By, Tree, Tree Felling

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Alteration or rehabilitation			0	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1380743.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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