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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023075883 · 7/3/2023 · The Davey Tree Expert Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thoracic region
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
Secondary source
Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Location
5th Ave. Bridge, WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA, 16365
NAICS
238910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working in an aerial device on a bridge, removing tree limbs. A tree limb broke and jostled the bucket, causing the employee to fall from the bucket into a body of water below the bridge. They sustained a compression fracture of the T12 vertebra and contusions to the chest and neck.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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