Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169828 - Employee Is Injured by Falling Branch

Accident Summary Nr: 201169828 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 03/24/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126074202	04/08/2008	0783	561730	Tree Elements Inc

Abstract: On March 24, 2008, Employee #1 was a grounds man working for a tree landscape company that specializes in tree trimming, removal, and tree health evaluations. He and coworkers were trimming sycamore trees in the city parkway. Employee #1 was clearing branches that had been cut from trees and placing them into the brush chipper. A coworker asked Employee #1 and another worker to stop traffic while he cut and dropped a branch that was 5 to 6-in. diameter and 8 to 10 ft long. When the branch fell, it hit the chipper then struck Employee #1 in the back. Employee #1 was hospitalized for surgery and treatment of an unspecified injury to his pelvis.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE LIMB, CHIPPER, TREE, PELVIS, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, HIP, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126074202			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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