Fractures

Name: Fractures at Jerrys Tree Service Inc.
Start: 10/11/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016109603 · 10/11/2016 · Jerrys Tree Service Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
Source: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
Secondary source: Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name: Jerrys Tree Service Inc.
Location: 3465 S. Washington Ave., TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA, 32782
NAICS: 541320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working from a bucket truck and cutting a branch. The bucket had a winch attached to a branch that was cut. The branch slipped and flung the employee from a height of 50 feet. The employee suffered broken bones, contusions, cuts, and scrapes.

Source

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