Incident date: 2017-04-13
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was climbing a tree to prune it when the tree failed about 5 feet below his tie-in point and he fell 20 feet to the ground, suffering a fracture that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate