Incident date: 2017-12-05
NAICS industry code: 561730

On December 5, 2017, two employees were felling a tree on a powerline when a tree limb fell and struck them. One of the employees was hospitalized with a fractured skull, fractured shoulder blade, and fractured vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate