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Tree branch accident under investigation

Posted October 10, 2008 09:35:00

Queensland Workplace Health and Safety inspectors are investigating an incident where a woman fractured her skull when hit by a falling tree branch.

It happened yesterday afternoon when professional tree loppers were cutting trees at the woman's Highfields home near Toowoomba.

She is now in a Brisbane hospital.

Tags: workplace-accidents, highfields-4352, toowoomba-4350

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