Fractures

Name: Fractures at SAWNEE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
Start: 12/19/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161211759 · 12/19/2016 · SAWNEE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Rope, twine, string
Secondary source: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck

Employer

Name: SAWNEE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
Location: 115 COX ACRES DR, WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA, 30188
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On December 19, 2016, at approximately 2:30 p.m., an employee was working from an elevated bucket truck to top a tree when the tree top broke away, causing the attached guy-rope to pin the employee against the bucket under the weight of the tree top. He suffered broken ribs and broken vertebrae.

Source

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