Fractures

Name: Fractures at Townsend Tree Service Company, LLC
Start: 12/15/2021

1 hospitalization · 20211210742 · 12/15/2021 · Townsend Tree Service Company, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Chippers

Employer

Name: Townsend Tree Service Company, LLC
Location: 518 McCrackin Road, LAKEMONT, GEORGIA, 30552
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working with a tree trimming crew. He was freeing up a rope in a winch spool on the back of a chipper when the winch activated. His left arm was trapped between the rope and the winch housing, and he suffered a fracture to the forearm. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

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