Incident date: 2023-01-30
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was pruning a maple tree. He was at about 20 to 30 feet, advancing up the tree, when the limb his climbing line was tied into failed. He fell to the ground and suffered a lower back fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate