Incident date: 2025-05-14
NAICS industry code: 561210

An employee was trimming trees located by a sound wall (noise barrier) when he lost his balance and fell over the side of the wall approximately 8 feet to the brushy ground below. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his back and shoulders.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Walls
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate