Incident date: 2017-04-10
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cleaning up a worksite when a storm-damaged limb became dislodged from the tree canopy and fell on the employee. The employee was hospitalized for two broken ribs and five 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 trunk locations
severity: moderate