OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221378938
COMMUNITY TREE SERVICE, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
BIG SUR, CA·
Event description
Employee falls from ledge while felling tree and fractures t
Investigation abstract
At 9:15 a.m. on August 3, 2021, Employee #1 was felling a 10-foot tree and trimming overgrown bushes near a cliff while using a chainsaw. After completing the back cut, the tree began to fall into the strike zone. As he stepped back, he slipped on the ledge 18 feet above the ground and landed on his left leg. He sustained fractures to the left tibia and fibula and was transported to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, California, where he was hospitalized for treatment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 889
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