Incident date: 2020-09-18
NAICS industry code: 561730

On September 18, 2020, at 10:43 AM, an employee was felling a tree. When the tree fell and contacted the ground, the butt end of the tree jumped off the stump and struck the employee. The butt end then knocked the employee to the ground and landed on the employee's left arm and shoulder area. The employee suffered a fractured ulna, clavicle and ribs. The fractured ulna required surgery.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate