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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023098456 · 9/13/2023 · The Davey Tree Expert Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
Source
Limbs, branches-unattached
Secondary source
Trees

Employer

Name
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Location
514 Fox Ridge Rd, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63131
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A crew was tasked with sectionally removing a pin oak tree. An employee was working aloft using an adjacent tree as a rigging point. The employee cut a section of the tree and the rigging point limb on the adjacent tree broke and struck them. They sustained two fractures to the right arm and two broken fingers.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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