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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015129082 · 12/1/2015 · USDA Forest Service

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
Source
Logs

Employer

Name
USDA Forest Service
Location
Mountain Rest Fire Station, AUBERRY, CALIFORNIA, 93602
NAICS
115310
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

On December 1, 2015, an employee and a coworker had cut down three trees. While they were cutting up the trees that lay on the ground, the employee's chain saw blade got pinched in a tree. The coworker, who was located upslope from the tree, made a cut in it to relieve the pinch pressure on the saw blade. When the cut was completed, the tree rolled down the slope and over the employee. He suffered bruises and abrasions to his face and head, as well as broken ribs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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