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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023098737 · 9/21/2023 · Tree Care of New York, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Source
Limbs, branches-unattached

Employer

Name
Tree Care of New York, LLC
Location
10439 Mosher Rd., PERRYSBURG, NEW YORK, 14129
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was trimming trees below an electric line and was using a rope to pull the trees down. The employee was on a tag line pulling an electric line over when they pulled slack out of the rope. The rope caught a limb on an adjacent dead tree, causing it to strike the employee on the hard hat and right shoulder. The employee suffered a shoulder fracture requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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