Incident date: 2022-03-23
NAICS industry code: 561730

A crew was removing a storm-damaged tree. An employee, working in the tree, rigged down a limb. When the limb's branches hit the ground, the limb sprang back towards the employee and struck his right leg, pushing it into the tree trunk. He suffered an open fracture to the tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate