OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170246946
PORTABLE POWER TOOL,TREE FELLING,CHAIN SAW,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,LACERATION,TRIPPED,INATTENTION,LEG
Event description
Employee's leg cut in fall onto chain saw
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was helping his employer fell a tree. He had driven a wedge in the t ree and was attempting to get clear as the tree fell. He tripped and struck a St ihl 056 chainsaw, suffering a severe cut on his left leg just below the knee.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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