Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at The Davey Tree Expert Company
Start: 6/27/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018066411 · 6/27/2018 · The Davey Tree Expert Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Cutting handtools-power not determined, unspecified
Secondary source: Trees

Employer

Name: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Location: 3021 Center Road, LINESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16424
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was ascending a tree while carrying a pruner tool to prune around utility lines. He reached his area and hung the pruner on a limb above his position. The limb broke and the pruner fell, striking and piercing his left forearm. He was hospitalized.

Source

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