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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025021769 · 2/24/2025 · Oberlander's Tree and Landscape, LTD.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thigh(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Chippers
Secondary source
Trees, logs, limbs unspecified

Employer

Name
Oberlander's Tree and Landscape, LTD.
Location
Girard Ave, MARION, OHIO, 43302
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was observing a piece of wood being winched into the infeed chute on the wood chipper. As the wood contacted the bottom edge of the chute it become stuck. The employee grabbed the winch and the piece of wood to clear the bottom of chute so it could be winched further into the chute. The wood rotated sideways and pinned his leg between the wood and the infeed chute of the chipper, resulting in a fractured right femur.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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