Incident date: 2018-10-13
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was carrying branches and brush to a chipper machine when the employee was struck by a dead tree that fell over, suffering spinal fractures and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate