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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Nature's Trees Inc.

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Nature's Trees Inc., 532 Academy Street, MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY 07040 on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.

An employee was climbing a tree to remove some limbs when the limb his climbing ropes were attached to broke. He fell at least 20 feet to the ground, suffering significant injuries and requiring hospitalization.

Hospitalized Nonclassifiable Trees

Nature's Trees, Inc

An employee was climbing a tree to prune it when the tree failed about 5 feet below his tie-in point and he fell 20 feet to the ground, suffering a fracture that required hospitalization.

NATURE'S TREES, INC.

An employee lost their balance and fell off a ladder while cutting branches, landing on the right side.

Nature's Trees Inc.

An employee of a tree service company fell approximately 30 feet while trimming a tree.

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P&C Roofing, Inc.

An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.

Melvin Sipaque

An employee was tearing down shingles when they fell approximately 18 feet from a roof to the ground, sustaining a broken ankle.

All Seasons Roofing & Construction Inc

An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.

Caterpillar, Inc.

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.

Advantage Solutions

An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.

Garden Angels New York LLC

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

Advanced Mulch Inc

An employee was helping to set up a mulch blowing truck when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee, a concussion, and a head laceration; they also received stitches on their arm.

4 Seasons Property Services, Inc.

An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

Boston Land Co Management Services Inc

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood when the saw cut his thumb, index, and middle fingers. His index finger was amputated and he was hospitalized.

Parm's Landscape Management

An employee was mowing a residential lawn at a client's house. The mower slid on the land and tipped over onto him. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra in the neck and partial paralysis.

JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

Allied Waste Systems Inc

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

Fitness International, LLC

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

Bristol Myers Squibb

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.