Incident date: 2017-02-22
NAICS industry code: 238910

On February 22, 2017, at approximately 4:15 p.m., an employee trimmed the top of a dead, 85-foot tree. The tree was notched and roped, and the employee made a back cut. As the tree was being pulled over, it caught the fork of a second tree. The second tree uprooted, fell, and struck the employee in the back left side, resulting in broken ribs, a fractured shoulder, and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate