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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025010206 · 1/7/2025 · Gabe's Top It or Drop It Tree Service, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified
Source
Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping
Secondary source
Limbs, branches unattached

Employer

Name
Gabe's Top It or Drop It Tree Service, LLC
Location
N2305 Long Cove Drive, WAUPACA, WISCONSIN, 54981
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut the stalk of a tree that was rigged to a crane while on an aerial lift. The stalk broke off below the pinch point and the butt tipped up and pinched the chainsaw, pulling the employee out of the basket. The employee fell to the surface level and sustained fractures to their pelvis and vertebrae/spine. Fall protection was not in place at the time.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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