OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221421423

JELLICO - STREET DEPARTMENT

JELLICO, TN· 2021-12-11T00:00:00

Event: Backhoe, Backhoe Bucket, Clearing, Cutting, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Leg, Lung, Puncture, Rib, Struck By, Tree, Tree Limb
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345697551
Employer profile: JELLICO - STREET DEPARTMENT
Summary number: 221421423
Report ID: 0454734

Event description

Employee is struck by tree limb and falls, receives fracture

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on December 11, 2021, an employee worked to clear a tree that fell during a storm and blocked a road. The employee entered the bucket of a backhoe and was raised up to begin cutting limbs. After one of the limbs was cut free, it sprang out, struck the employee, and knocked the employee from the bucket. The employee fell approximately twelve feet and was hospitalized to treat fractures to the ribs and leg, and a lung puncture.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7028

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