Incident date: 2022-07-06
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting down a tree. When he made a cut, the weight of the tree's top section broke off the lower section, which he was tied off to. He fell about 20 feet, landing on the grass-covered ground and suffering a lower back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate