Incident date: 2018-07-31
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was in a bucket trimming the branch of a cherry tree when an adjacent ash tree fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with C6 and C7 vertebrae fractures and a bruised spine.

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: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate