Incident date: 2016-01-25
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was removing a red oak tree (60-feet tall, 18" in diameter) from an aerial lift unit. When the employee cut a piece of wood 8-feet long and 16" in diameter, the piece of wood broke free, fell back, and struck the employee. The employee suffered a fractured scapula and elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate