Incident date: 2024-11-20
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting down a tree when they were struck by the front tire of an articulating wheeled grapple that was falling. They were hospitalized with a broken lower right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Tires, inner tubes
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate