Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Penn Line Tree Service Inc
Start: 8/23/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024087783 · 8/23/2024 · Penn Line Tree Service Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and neck
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by other propelled object or substance n.e.c.
Source: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
Secondary source: Limbs, branches unattached

Employer

Name: Penn Line Tree Service Inc
Location: 300 Scottdale Avenue, SCOTTDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15683
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A cherry tree was being felled. It had been roped off and attached to a rope puller (come-along). A dead limb broke off the tree and struck the rope, which caused the rope puller to strike the employee operating it in the mouth. The employee suffered a broken jaw and a laceration to the neck.

Source

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