Incident date: 2016-08-16
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was climbing a tree to remove some limbs when the limb his climbing ropes were attached to broke. He fell at least 20 feet to the ground, suffering significant injuries and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate