Incident date: 2019-07-22
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was ascending a tree when the tree limb that their climbing line was attached to failed. Their fall protection equipment activated and the employee sustained suspension injuries including bruises.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate