Incident date: 2025-03-21
NAICS industry code: 561730

On March 21, 2025, at approximately 9:45 a.m., an employee was climbing down a tree that was approximately 10 feet tall. His feet were caught by vines, causing him to lose his balance and fall down into a 4-foot-deep storm drainage ditch below the tree. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right humerus and a fractured rib.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate