OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #993030

TREE PRUNER,TREE LIMB,LIMBING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,ANKLE

1989-06-30T00:00:00

Event: TREE PRUNER,TREE LIMB,LIMBING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,ANKLE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 993030
Report ID: 253630

Event description

Employee injured when struck by tree limb

Investigation abstract

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on June 30, 1989, Employee #1 was limbing trees for the Kenmore DPW. A limb he had cut swung back while falling and hit him in the l eft ankle.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M

Nature of injury
20

Part of body
18

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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