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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2017010123 · 1/5/2017 · Walsh Construction Company II

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Guardrails, road dividers
Secondary source
Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name
Walsh Construction Company II
Location
Pleasant Village Lane and PA-51, BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15012
NAICS
236220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cutting off a tree branch with a chainsaw while standing on a guard rail. The branch pushed back and struck him in the chest. He was pushed against another tree and fell off of the guard rail.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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