Incident date: 2020-04-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

A seven-employee crew was removing a 100-foot poplar tree. The crown was cut off and the employee on the tip line (which controls the direction of the tree limbs, keeping them away from power lines) was signaled to begin pulling. The tree limb that the tip line was attached to broke free and struck the employee's torso.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate