Incident date: 2025-05-29
NAICS industry code: 221122

Employees were responding to power outages caused by a storm. The injured employee was surveying the damage near an area where power lines were suspected to be down. An adjacent tree fell and struck the injured employee. He sustained internal and crushing injuries, including liver bruising and internal bleeding. He also sustained a broken arm and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate