Incident date: 2025-01-29
NAICS industry code: 561730

On 1/29/2025, at 11:30 AM, an employee was performing tree felling operations. He cut a tree that was approximately 6 inches in diameter and 30 feet in length. The tree unexpectedly broke free, fell to the ground, and began to slide down an embankment. The crown of the tree impacted the employee's lower leg causing him to slide downhill with the tree. The tree and the employee fell down into an abandoned mineshaft and impacted the ground. The overall fall was approximately 50-60 feet. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to a rib and an ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Slopes, embankments
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate