Incident date: 2025-07-07
NAICS industry code: 561730

A three-person crew was trimming trees at an apartment building. The injured employee was cutting an attached limb at ground level. The limb fell and struck the employee on the back, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.

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: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate