Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NELSON TREE SERVICE, 8385 Poolsbrook Road, KIRKVILLE, NEW YORK 13082
on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
An employee was helping to remove a tree in a right-of-way when he tripped over debris and struck his head on a log. He suffered a skull fracture.
An employee was in a tree to trim a branch. The employee was tied in with a climbing line at a branch union on the tree. As they were using a hand saw to trim the branch, the saw severed the climbing line and the employee fell from the tree to the asphalt pavement below. The employee was hospitalized for neck/back fractures and a skull fracture.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
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.
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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.
An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.