Accident Report Detail
Accident: 121543.015 - Employee'S Femoral Artery Is Severed By Chainsaw
Accident: 121543.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 11/05/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1443890.015 | 11/06/2019 | Palmetto Line Contractors Inc. | |||||
At noon on November 5, 2019, an employee was working for a landscaping service. A coworker was using a chain saw to cut down a small tree, when the blade became stuck. The employee walked up and pushed on the small tree trunk to relieve pre ssure off the saw blade. The chain saw became unbound and struck the employee in the upper inside thigh of his right leg. His femoral artery was severed. He was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
artery, chain saw, leg, severed, struck by, stuck, tree trimming
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1443890.015 | 33 | M | Fatality | Laborers, except construction |