Incident date: 2017-02-02
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was performing tree trimming operations while tied off to a tree branch. The branch broke and the employee fell 12 feet to the ground, fracturing the L1 vertebra and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate