OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221440274

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

PANORA, IA· 2022-02-15T00:00:00

Event: Falling Object, Fracture, Struck By, Tree Care, Tree Felling, Tree Limb, Vertebra
NAICS: 924120
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345800023
Employer profile: IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Summary number: 221440274
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee fractures vertebrae when struck by falling tree lim

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on February 15, 2022, an employee was falling a tree. A limb from the tree, leaning against the tree, fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a fractured C-5 and C-6 vertebra.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7005

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