Incident date: 2021-02-23
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee had been pruning a tree using an arborist rope saddle and climbing equipment. While descending to the ground, the knot securing his rope to the harness became untied. The employee fell 15 feet onto a landscaped area of the property. The employee was hospitalized with possible broken ribs and shoulder and lower back injuries.

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: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate