Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Townsend Outdoor Services, LLC
Start: 1/8/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024010185 · 1/8/2024 · Townsend Outdoor Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple internal chest locations
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Trees, logs, limbs unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Townsend Outdoor Services, LLC
Location: 7991 Pennsylvania Avenue, BEDFORD, OHIO, 44146
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee (part of a three-person crew clearing trees and brush) was operating a compact utility loader. A limb from a tree that was being felled struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs and a lung puncture and was hospitalized.

Source

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