Incident date: 2023-07-21
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting the top of a dead tree and rigged the rope to repel down when they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures to both legs, the sternum, vertebrae of the back, and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate