Incident date: 2019-10-30
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming branches from a tree when they slipped from a branch. The fall protection system engaged, causing the employee to swing and hit the trunk of the tree. The employee was hospitalized with a lower back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate