Herniated discs

Name: Herniated discs at Asplundh Tree Expert Company
Start: 3/21/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016032414 · 3/21/2016 · Asplundh Tree Expert Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Herniated discs

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Source: Trees

Employer

Name: Asplundh Tree Expert Company
Location: Maple Drive and Orchard Drive, CLARKS SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA, 18411
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was ascending a tree. At 20 feet, he wrapped his climbing lanyard around a limb. When he put his weight on it, the limb broke, and he fell 20 feet, hitting a branch on the way down. He suffered forward shift vertebrae injuries.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown