Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126708.015 - Employee suffers leg injury in logging incident

Accident Summary Nr: 126708.015 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 06/04/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1477592.015	06/05/2020		113310	Walter E. Chandler Forestry Services Llc.

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on June 4, 2020, an employee was conducting logging operations and was preparing to limb a fallen tree. The employee had just pulled a hitch off the feller buncher and was limbing a tree in a clear area. The employee cut a limb and the log rolled, fracturing his left lower leg. The employee was hospitalized, and a rod had to be inserted in his leg.

Keywords: Fracture, Leg, Limbing, Logging, Tree, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1477592.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Forestry workers, except logging

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