Incident date: 2019-08-19
NAICS industry code: 561730

On August 19, 2019, an employee was preparing to trim a tree. The employee climbed a ladder and buckled into a tree limb when the limb snapped, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs and a fractured spine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate