Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tree Care of New York, LLC, 10439 Mosher Rd., PERRYSBURG, NEW YORK 14129
on — Fractures, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
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Final narrative
An employee was trimming trees below an electric line and was using a rope to pull the trees down. The employee was on a tag line pulling an electric line over when they pulled slack out of the rope. The rope caught a limb on an adjacent dead tree, causing it to strike the employee on the hard hat and right shoulder. The employee suffered a shoulder fracture requiring surgery and hospitalization.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Limbs, branches-unattached
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