OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221443575

CLINTON COUNTY SECONDARY ROAD DEPARTMENT

CLINTON, IA· 2022-02-28T00:00:00

Event: Chain Saw, Cutting, Dump Truck, Falling Object, Fracture, Leg, Operator, Struck By, Tibia, Tree Felling, Tree Limb
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345822449
Employer profile: CLINTON COUNTY SECONDARY ROAD DEPARTMENT
Summary number: 221443575
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee receives leg fracture when struck by falling tree

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 a.m. on February 28, 2022, an employee walked down a road to talk with coworker #1 who was operating a dump truck while coworker #2 began to use a chainsaw to cut down a tree. As the employee left coworker #1 and approached coworker #2, the tree fell and an attached limb struck the employee on the leg. The employee was taken to the hospital by the coworkers and hospitalized to treat a fracture to the leg (tibia),

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7028

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