Incident date: 2016-09-29
NAICS industry code: 531390

An employee was on a ladder about 8-10 feet up cutting tree branches when a tree branch fell and hit the ladder, causing it to tip. The employee fell to the ground and landed on his back fracturing five ribs, the pelvis and bruising a lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Movable ladders, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate