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Accident: 170724314 - Employee Injured When Struck By Falling Tree

Accident: 170724314 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 10/27/1997
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12567401011/06/19972411J & M Benuto Contractors
On October 27, 1997, Employee #1, age 18, was felling a hold tree that was supporting a previously cut tree he had attempted to bring down when the cut tree fell unexpectedly on him. He sustained a fractured right femur and lower left leg, and a laceration to his forehead. Employee #1 worked for a subcontractor of the U.S. Forest Service, for a company that thinned trees less than 12 in. dbh (diameter at breast height).
Keywords: fracture, tree felling, work rules, forehead, lodged tree, laceration, tree, struck by, logging, leg
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 125674010 Hospitalized injury Fracture Timber cutting and logging occupations

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