Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Lucas Tree Experts
Start: 1/12/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024010330 · 1/12/2024 · Lucas Tree Experts

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by other propelled object or substance n.e.c.
Source: Trees
Secondary source: Trees, logs, limbs n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Lucas Tree Experts
Location: 478 East Shore Drive, ISLESBORO, MAINE, 04848
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting a root ball from a downed tree. The root ball fell back into the hole and hit another downed tree, which then rose up and struck the employee. The employee suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a bruised spleen and was hospitalized.

Source

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