Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dominion Energy Transmissin, Inc., Ridge Road, JEANNETTE, PENNSYLVANIA 15644
on — Fractures, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was felling dead ash trees when an adjacent ash tree fell and struck his head. He was hospitalized with a fractured spine.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedTrees
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