Incident date: 2024-08-27
NAICS industry code: 113310

An employee was cutting trees and brush on a logging site when a tree branch (4" diameter and 10-12 feet long) fell on him. He sustained a head injury, facial trauma, fractures, blood clots and bleeding on the right side of his head. He also sustained a laceration near his temporal area and his right eye was swollen and bruised. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches unattached
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple regions of the head
severity: moderate