Incident date: 2025-03-21
NAICS industry code: 561730

On March 21, 2025, an employee was clearing trees and brush from a utility right-of-way. The employee was bucking (cutting) a fallen tree that was approximately 40-inches off the ground when the tree fell onto their left leg. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the left leg requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate