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

An employee was felling a maple tree. The tree began to fall but became entangled with a dead tree. The top of the dead tree broke and fell into the employee's retreat path, striking his lower back and causing a hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate