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Accident: 96569.015 - Employee Is Struck By A Falling Palm Tree, Fracturing His Ma

Accident: 96569.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/16/2017
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1209846.01502/09/2017Avalon Landscape Inc.
At 9:00 a.m. on January 17, 2017, Employee #1 was cutting a palm tree with a chain saw. The employee was standing close to the tree as it fell. As the tree trunk hit the ground, it bounced back, hitting the employee in the face, and causing a fractured mandible and loss of four teeth. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries
Keywords: struck by, chain saw, fracture, face, tree felling, tree
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1209846.015 47 M Hospitalized injury Fracture

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