Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Name: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at The Davey Tree Expert Company
Start: 1/15/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025010490 · 1/15/2025 · The Davey Tree Expert Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
Nature of injury: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back
Source: Chippers
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: The Davey Tree Expert Company
Location: W790 Zinnia Ave, PALMYRA, WISCONSIN, 53156
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning up wood debris and chipping it using a chipper. As he was feeding the chipper from the back, a limb (about 4 inches thick and 5 to 6 feet long) kicked up and struck his face, causing him to lose a tooth and breaking his jaw in two places. He was hospitalized.

Source

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