Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Townsend Tree Service Company LLC
Start: 5/17/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054820 · 5/17/2018 · Townsend Tree Service Company LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
Source: Trees
Secondary source: Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name: Townsend Tree Service Company LLC
Location: 1401 Windyville Road, SPENCER, WEST VIRGINIA, 25276
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was descending out of a tree after completing his cuts when the 4-inch limb that he was tied off to began to bow and then broke below the tie-off point. He fell approximately 40 feet to the ground, injuring his ankles and back.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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