Incident date: 2017-10-05
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was climbing a tree to trim the branches when he slipped and fell approximately 15 feet to the ground, fracturing his L1 vertebra and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate