Incident date: 2016-12-22
NAICS industry code: 333924

An employee was trimming a tree branch. While the tree branch was being re-positioned, the branch kicked back and struck the employee in the leg resulting in a leg fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate