Incident date: 2024-03-05
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut a tree trunk from the root-ball when it separated and the tree fell and rolled onto them, fracturing their right leg and hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate