Incident date: 2015-05-28
NAICS industry code: 113310

At approximately 7:00 am on May 28th, the employee (a choker setter) was unhooking the choker while another employee was felling a tree below. The tree fell hitting the skyline which ejected trees and the employee into the air. The employee sustained a broken left tibia and fibula when struck by the tree upon hitting the ground.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate