Incident date: 2016-06-20
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut a felled tree into sections once it was on the ground. The tree broke/snapped, and a section of the tree struck and pinned the employee's lower leg, causing multiple tibia and fibula fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate