Fractures

Name: Fractures at WA Kendall and Co., Inc.
Start: 2/5/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018021189 · 2/5/2018 · WA Kendall and Co., Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Trees

Employer

Name: WA Kendall and Co., Inc.
Location: 2443 Liberty Rd, MILLPORT, ALABAMA, 35576
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While on an aerial lift, an employee was removing a tree top using a chain saw when the tree top fell backwards and struck the employee. The force of the contact drove the employee's face into the lip of the aerial lift's bucket. The employee suffered a broken nose and several facial fractures.

Source

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