Fractures

Name: Fractures at Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.
Start: 12/12/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241211498 · 12/12/2024 · Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back thoracic region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.
Location: 154 Valley Lane, CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15425
NAICS: 237130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and his crew were removing a tree at a residence. He walked into the drop zone just as a bucket operator cut a branch. The branch struck the employee between the shoulder blades, knocking him to the ground. The employee suffered a fracture to a singular transverse process bone in the thoracic area of his back.

Source

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