Incident date: 2016-12-19
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was felling a declining ash tree. When the tree came over, it became hung up on a smaller oak tree, lifting the butt of the ash tree in the air. The butt of the tree then came down on the employee who sustained a broken right fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate