Incident date: 2024-12-06
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was picking up tree branches along the side of the highway when they were struck by a tree trimming machine. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their ribs and a tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in road work zone  unspecified
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate