Incident date: 2025-06-19
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was ascending a tree using a safety line and spikes. He was cutting through tree limbs with a handheld circular saw as he ascended when the saw cut through his safety line. He fell 30 feet from the tree and suffered a broken right tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate