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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018010885 · 1/26/2018 · Fielder Tree Services, L.L.C.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head and trunk
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
Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Fielder Tree Services, L.L.C.
Location
4849 Ballygar Drive, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, 32309
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working out of a bucket truck to cut off the top of a pine tree when the tree top fell and hit the boom of the bucket truck. The employee was ejected 40 feet out of the truck to the surface below, suffering facial and back fractures.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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