Incident date: 2021-05-18
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was removing a tree limb. When the limb came free, a tag line that was wrapped around the employee's right arm caused serious rope burns and possible tissue damage to his forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Other burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate