Fractures

Name: Fractures at Eversource Energy
Start: 12/5/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201211415 · 12/5/2020 · Eversource Energy

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Limbs, branches-unattached
Secondary source: Trees

Employer

Name: Eversource Energy
Location: 428 West Street, WORTHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 01098
NAICS: 221122
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in an aerial bucket clearing branches. A 70-pound branch hung up in the tree after being cut, then fell and struck the employee in the back and neck. The employee suffered a broken scapula and three broken vertebrae.

Source

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