Incident date: 2020-10-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

A bucket truck was being used to remove limbs from a dead tree. A primary limb was cut, struck the limb of another tree below, and fell to the ground. As this occurred, a smaller limb broke off from the primary limb and struck the face and hard hat of an employee who was acting as a safety spotter. The employee sustained a fracture above the right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate