Incident date: 2023-09-29
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting trees in front of the company office when they fell about 20 feet from the tree and struck their head on a retaining wall. The employee sustained a right cerebral subarachnoid hemorrhage, left skull base fracture, facial fractures, and a sinus hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate