Incident date: 2022-07-27
NAICS industry code: 713910

An employee was in an aerial lift trimming palm trees with a chainsaw. One of the palm fronds fell from the tree, landed on the door of the aerial lift cage, and caused the door to open resulting in the employee falling approximately 20 to 25 feet to the ground. The employee sustained injuries to his ribs, hips, and left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate