Incident date: 2025-06-09
NAICS industry code: 113310

An employee was climbing down a tree after setting a rope to allow the tree to be removed. A knot at the end of his climbing system failed and he fell from the tree, landing about 35 feet below. He suffered fractures to the pelvis and spinal cord and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate