Incident date: 2025-02-10
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was cutting a limb off a tree while standing on a ladder. The limb broke and hit the ladder, causing the employee to fall about 6 or 7 feet to the ground. The employee suffered seven broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate