Incident date: 2019-03-12
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a knuckle boom to clear hurricane debris. A log slid off the grapple bucket and hit him in the face, knocking him out of his seat. He fell about 15 feet to the ground. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, a broken wrist, and other injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Logs
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate