Incident date: 2023-07-01
NAICS industry code: 113310

An employee was using a chainsaw to fell trees. As he was cutting a widow-maker tree, the top broke off and struck the employee on the head and on the brim of the hard hat. The employee was knocked unconscious for a few seconds and sustained a skull fracture.

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: Skull
severity: moderate