Incident date: 2023-07-14
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming limbs off a pine tree and fell approximately 35 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, multiple contusions, punctured lungs, and broken ribs. Fall protection was not used at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate