Incident date: 2019-09-13
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a tree while attached to a crane when the employee's fall protection harness broke. The employee fell approximately 50 feet to the ground, sustaining injuries to the back, ankle, ribs, and sternum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate