Incident date: 2018-05-17
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was descending out of a tree after completing his cuts when the 4-inch limb that he was tied off to began to bow and then broke below the tie-off point. He fell approximately 40 feet to the ground, injuring his ankles and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate