Incident date: 2023-12-13
NAICS industry code: 924120

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate