Incident date: 2024-08-23
NAICS industry code: 561730

A cherry tree was being felled. It had been roped off and attached to a rope puller (come-along). A dead limb broke off the tree and struck the rope, which caused the rope puller to strike the employee operating it in the mouth. The employee suffered a broken jaw and a laceration to the neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate