Incident date: 2018-09-26
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was standing on the ground, waiting to clear the branches/limbs that fell from a tree being cut above, when a tree limb struck his hard hat. He suffered a laceration to the back of the head and an epidural hematoma, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate