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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2016021396 · 2/15/2016 · Asplundh Tree Expert Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
Source
Limbs, branches-unattached
Secondary source
Ice, sleet, snow

Employer

Name
Asplundh Tree Expert Company
Location
Route 20, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26201
NAICS
238910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On February 5, 2016, at approximately 11:30am, an employee was delimbing a felled tree on sloped ground using a chainsaw. As the last limb was being cut, the tree began sliding on the snow and the employee's right leg was pinned by the limb resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula and hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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