Incident date: 2019-08-01
NAICS industry code: 237130

After cutting a dead tree, an employee was pulling it down with a rope. As the tree came down it struck another tree, which caused a branch from that tree to break and strike the employee in the head. He suffered a concussion and a possible broken bone in his upper back.

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