Incident date: 2021-11-18
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was digging a hole to plant a holly tree near the corner of a retaining wall. After the tree was set in place, he grabbed a branch to reorient it. The branch snapped; he fell off the edge of the wall onto a step landing about 4 feet below, then rolled down a few steps.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Walls
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate