Incident date: 2018-12-11
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee working as a ground person was helping a second employee cut down trees along the power lines. The first employee was pulling a tree with a rigging line while it was being cut by the second employee using a chainsaw. While retreating, the first employee tripped over a fence and was struck by the tree. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left hip, and a bruised/lacerated left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate