Incident date: 2020-07-18
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was attempting to saw down a small pine tree near a larger rotting pine tree when the small tree fell against the larger tree and jolted it. An upper section of the larger pine became dislodged and fell several minutes later. The employee was struck and pinned to the ground by a protruding branch of the trunk section that fell. He suffered crushed vertebrae, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate