Incident date: 2016-10-17
NAICS industry code: 221210

An employee was repairing a gas leak when a dead tree fell and struck a nearby excavator. A piece of the tree then struck the employee in the head. The employee suffered fractures to the neck vertebrae, back vertebrae, and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate