Incident date: 2020-01-07
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was part of a crew clearing land and moving a downed tree when a branch on a felled tree broke and snapped back, striking the employee. The employee suffered severe back and knee injuries and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate