Incident date: 2017-05-15
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was attempting to start a chainsaw while in a tree when the employee's gear gave way and the employee fell 15 to 20 feet to the ground, fracturing the third vertebra and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate