Incident date: 2016-04-01
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was working with a crew to remove a tree branch from a cable wire on a pole that fell down during a storm. A crew member was cutting a branch to free it from the communications line when it hit an adjacent branch, which then fell onto the employee's back and pinned him to the ground. He fractured his rib and punctured his lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate