Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441093 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Flying Piece of Wood

Accident Summary Nr: 202441093 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 05/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307457044	06/09/2005	0783	561730	Washburn Grove Management

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on May 14, 2005, Employee #1, a foreman working on a slash clearing project, was walking about 200 feet behind an operating Fecon BullHog mulching machine attached to a Hendrix Masticator track machine, Model Number 575. The mulching machine kicked out a piece of wood approximately the size of a baseball bat that cart-wheeled toward Employee #1 and struck him in his legs, knocking him to the ground. He suffered a compound fracture to his right leg and a laceration to his left leg. He was transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, CA, where he was hospitalized for three days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WOOD CHIPS, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307457044			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Forestry workers, except logging

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