Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nelson Tree Service, LLC, 21929 NW 6th Street, DUNNELLON, FLORIDA 34431
on — Fractures, affecting the pelvis.
Final narrative
An employee was operating an 18-inch wood chipper with a winch attachment. The employee had tied a piece of wood to the machine's winch and a piece of excess rope from the winch was wrapped around his leg. As the machine began feeding the piece of wood into the chipper, the employee's leg was yanked towards the machine. The employee was able to engage a safety mechanism that stopped the chipper before his leg reached the chipper wheel. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis and other injuries.
An employee was removing two 6-inch diameter elm trees to create space to fell a larger ash tree. The employee felled the first tree and it fell into the second elm tree. When he cut down the second elm tree, it broke off the stump due to the pressure from the first tree and struck the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured fibula.
An employee was directing the driver of a truck. The truck's right front tire drove over the employee's lower left leg (below the knee) and onto the right leg near the calf. The truck was then backed off the employee. The employee was hospitalized with swelling, a contusion, and a blood clot.
An employee was topping a 100-foot-tall tree. The employee was attached to the tree using a climbing line and a safety line, about 60 feet high, when the tree split below the cutting point. The employee was knocked off the tree and struck by the split section of the tree, suffering a broken right leg, abdominal contusions, and a chipped lower-back vertebra.
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