Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified

Name: Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified at Wood County Telephone Company
Start: 7/20/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019077414 · 7/20/2019 · Wood County Telephone Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Trees

Employer

Name: Wood County Telephone Company
Location: 15th St. South & Peach St., WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WISCONSIN, 54495
NAICS: 517110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 4:50 p.m. on July 20, 2019, an employee was clearing a tree caught in a downed telecommunication line. The tree shifted and struck the employee, who suffered a severed spinal cord and fractures of vertebrae, pelvis, shoulder, and ribs.

Source

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