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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2019054410 · 5/1/2019 · Asplundh Tree Expert LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
Source
Trees
Secondary source
Trees

Employer

Name
Asplundh Tree Expert LLC
Location
386 Omega Ln, CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 26301
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee had been topping a dead tree while tied into an adjacent buckeye tree. When the employee had finished topping and was descending the tree, the top of the buckeye tree broke and the employee fell about 33 feet to the ground sustaining multiple fractured ribs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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