Incident date: 2018-08-31
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was about 25 feet up a tree, trying to cut off a large overhanging tree limb. The limb he had tied off to broke. He fell to the ground, landing flat on his stomach. He suffered collapsed lungs, fractured ribs, and an internally relocated stomach, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate