Incident date: 2025-02-16
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was cutting a tree on a downed power line. A section of the tree that was suspended by the power line projected upward after being cut, striking the employee in the back. The employee sustained fractures to a left rib and their T3, T9, and T10 vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate