Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Asplundh Tree Expert Company, Route 20, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA 26201
on , Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
On February 5, 2016, at approximately 11:30am, an employee was delimbing a felled tree on sloped ground using a chainsaw. As the last limb was being cut, the tree began sliding on the snow and the employee's right leg was pinned by the limb resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula and hospitalization.