Incident date: 2020-10-26
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was standing on the right side of the chipper chipping debris. A climbing rope was on the ground and had become entangled with the tree limbs. The rope went through the chipper, broke and snapped loose, and struck the employee on the face. The employee had severe bruising and a partially torn left ear. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Open wounds, unspecified
code_body: title: Ear(s)
severity: moderate