Incident date: 2019-12-05
NAICS industry code: 561730

At about 9:00 a.m. on December 5, 2019, an employee was climbing an oak tree. The employee was moving to a new position on the tree when he fell, landing on the ground about 20-25 feet below and suffering a broken lower leg. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate