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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 124841.015 - Employee Incurs Multiple Injuries In Fall From Tree

**Accident: 124841.015 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 01/13/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1458798.015	01/27/2020		Aerial Tree Service Llc

At 4:15 p.m. on January 13, 2020, an employee was cutting down a tree. The emplo yee cut through his lanyard with a chain saw. The employee was hospitalized to t reat: a multiple-day coma, open compound tibia and fibula fracture, broken femur , broken sternum, broken ribs, hemorrhage to the brain, punctured lung, puncture wounds and compound fractures to L3 & L4 of his spine.

Keywords: brain, broken, broken bone, chain saw, fall, fall from elevation, lung, puncture, puncture wound, rib, spine, tibia, tree, tree care, tree climbing system, unconsciousness

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1458798.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Agricultural and food scientists

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