Incident date: 2015-04-30
NAICS industry code: 924120

Employees were removing downed trees blocking a roadway. A pickup truck got stuck in the mud.  An employee used a dozer to remove the truck, which got wedged next to the tree. The employee used a chainsaw to cut the tree, and the tension caused the tree to snap and injure the employee. Three bones between the knee and left ankle broke. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate