Incident date: 2017-03-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting down a tree. When the tree fell, the base of the tree struck the employee resulting in a fractured pelvis, a collapsed lung and two broken vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate