Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 105823.015 - Employee is thrown from truck's boom and is hospitalized wit

Accident Summary Nr: 105823.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 05/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1317788.015	05/24/2018		221121	The Altamaha Electric Membership Corporation

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on May 20, 2018, an employee was cutting a tree limb that was laying on a power line with a chain saw from a bucket truck. The employee cut the limb which slid off the power line and sprung upwards, catching him under his right arm and flipped him out of the bucket. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and severed his spinal cord.

Keywords: Boom Truck, Chain Saw, Fall, Fracture, Power Lines, Spine, Struck By, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1317788.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Electrical power installers and repairers

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