Incident date: 2015-06-17
NAICS industry code: 713940

A grounds maintenance employee was using a ladder to cut a large tree branch with a chainsaw.  The tree branch broke loose, striking the ladder and causing the employee to fall.  The employee was hospitalized and treated for a laceration to the right forearm (involving 40 stitches), a punctured lung, and a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate