Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at Jake s Tree Service & Landscaping LLC.
Start: 11/20/2024

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20241110798 · 11/20/2024 · Jake s Tree Service & Landscaping LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
Source: Limbs, branches unattached
Secondary source: Trees

Employer

Name: Jake s Tree Service & Landscaping LLC.
Location: 22 Penn Charter Drive, MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19063
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in the bucket of a bucket truck cutting the base of a branch attached to a tree. The branch broke above the cut and fell on the employee's arm. The employee sustained a right arm amputation, right tibia fracture, and lacerations along the right side of their eye.

Source

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