Incident date: 2024-09-03
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cleaning up limbs and brush debris when they were struck by a tree limb that was trimmed overhead. The employee sustained neck and back fractures and a head laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate