Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170764559 - Employee's leg lacerated by chain saw

Accident Summary Nr: 170764559 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 07/07/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125586024	07/07/1998	1611	0	Brundidge Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a chain saw to cut down and remove trees from an open field. He was making a back cut into a tree when he fell backward, severely lacerating his right leg above the knee with the chain saw. Employee #1, who had been on the job for 5 1/2 months at the time of the accident, was not wearing any form of leg protection.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, TREE FELLING, PPE, CHAIN SAW, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125586024			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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