Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Name: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Lewis Tree Service, Inc.
Start: 3/24/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022032634 · 3/24/2022 · Lewis Tree Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Rope, twine, string
Secondary source: Chippers

Employer

Name: Lewis Tree Service, Inc.
Location: 16206 Constitution Ln, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, 77546
NAICS: 115310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was feeding brush into a wood chipper. A climbing rope was tangled in the brush. It was drawn into the wood chipper and struck the worker, causing him to be thrown into the curbside guard panel of the machine. He suffered abrasions across the upper back, a broken left humerus (at the elbow), broken ribs, a diaphragmatic hernia, and a bruised and lacerated kidney. He was hospitalized.

Source

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