Incident date: 2023-07-31
NAICS industry code: 561730

Employees were removing a tree limb from a nearby powerline using an aerial lift. The injured employee began ascending the tree and was removing limbs as he climbed up. He was approximately 20 feet aloft in the tree when the branch he was tied to was cut. He fell to the ground and sustained a laceration to the left side of his face, pulmonary bruising, a liver laceration, and multiple fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate