Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170587893 - Employee injured in fall from tree as truck boom breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 170587893 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 01/16/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125904904	05/23/1996	0783	0	Commercial Landscape Services

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a boom truck to prune a tree when the fiberglass boom arm broke. He fell 25 feet to the ground, fracturing his right shoulder and rib cage. The boom was manufactured in 1974.

Keywords: TREE PRUNER, BOOM TRUCK, FRACTURE, SHOULDER, BOOM, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, RIB, FALL, TRUCK BOOM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125904904			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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