Incident date: 2020-10-06
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a tree that was adjacent to the tree he was tied off to. After completing the trimming, he swung back to the tree he was tied off to and the limb broke causing the employee to fall approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate