Fractures

Name: Fractures at Nelson Tree Service, LLC.
Start: 10/23/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191011078 · 10/23/2019 · Nelson Tree Service, LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
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: Nelson Tree Service, LLC.
Location: 4335 Vaugh Road, BELVA, WEST VIRGINIA, 26656
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was topping a 100-foot-tall tree. The employee was attached to the tree using a climbing line and a safety line, about 60 feet high, when the tree split below the cutting point. The employee was knocked off the tree and struck by the split section of the tree, suffering a broken right leg, abdominal contusions, and a chipped lower-back vertebra.

Source

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