Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Frontier Communications
Start: 4/1/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016042736 · 4/1/2016 · Frontier Communications

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name: Frontier Communications
Location: 742 Flower City Park, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14623
NAICS: 517110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working with a crew to remove a tree branch from a cable wire on a pole that fell down during a storm. A crew member was cutting a branch to free it from the communications line when it hit an adjacent branch, which then fell onto the employee's back and pinned him to the ground. He fractured his rib and punctured his lung.

Source

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