Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170236129 - Employee injured when struck by falling tree

Accident Summary Nr: 170236129 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 04/13/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111211322	04/13/1992	0111	0	Glenn Wollweber

Abstract: Employee #1 had moved into an area approximately 52 ft behind a timber faller to limb two downed trees. The faller made both his undercut and the felling cut without warning. He did not see nor was he aware that Employee #1 was in the area. The tree to be felled fell backwards, landing on Employee #1, and delivering a severe blow to his head. Suffering a fracture of the right temporal area, Employee #1 required hospitalization.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, TREE FELLING, WORK RULES, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, COMMUNICATION, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111211322			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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