Incident date: 2024-11-20
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was in the bucket of a bucket truck cutting the base of a branch attached to a tree. The branch broke above the cut and fell on the employee's arm. The employee sustained a right arm amputation, right tibia fracture, and lacerations along the right side of their eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Limbs, branches unattached
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: high