The Davey Tree Expert Company
Struck by object or equipment, unspecified - Fractures - SAINT LOUIS, Missouri
| Employer | The Davey Tree Expert Company |
| Address | 514 Fox Ridge Rd |
| City, State ZIP | SAINT LOUIS, Missouri 63131 |
| Report ID | 2023098456 |
| Event Date | September 13, 2023 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures |
| Body Part | Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified |
| Source of Injury | Limbs, branches-unattached |
| Secondary Source | Trees |
| Industry (NAICS) | 561730 |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.61986, -90.41725 |
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Incident Narrative
A crew was tasked with sectionally removing a pin oak tree. An employee was working aloft using an adjacent tree as a rigging point. The employee cut a section of the tree and the rigging point limb on the adjacent tree broke and struck them. They sustained two fractures to the right arm and two broken fingers.
Incident Summary
On September 13, 2023, a worker at The Davey Tree Expert Company in SAINT LOUIS, Missouri suffered fractures to the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by object or equipment, unspecified, with limbs, branches-unattached identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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