Incident date: 2019-09-15
NAICS industry code: 561990

An employee was on a ladder attempting to remove tree limbs from the top of a truck when a tree limb fell and hit the ladder, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate