Incident date: 2018-05-10
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was cutting a tree off of a communication line when the tree snapped and the tension on the line flipped the tree/limb back onto the employee, striking his forearm and fracturing a bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate