Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at United States Department of Agriculture
Start: 9/30/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024099141 · 9/30/2024 · United States Department of Agriculture

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple regions of the head
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Limbs, branches unattached
Secondary source: Trees

Employer

Name: United States Department of Agriculture
Location: Forest Service Rd (630 off Millcreek), DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
NAICS: 926140
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was providing support for hurricane relief. He was sawing a tree when one of the tree limbs fell down and struck him. The employee sustained a severe laceration on the forehead and an open fracture of his frontal sinus/skull. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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