Incident date: 2025-07-03
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was descending after trimming up in a tree when the limb that his climb line was attached to failed after he descended 7 feet. The employee fell approximately 30 feet to the ground. The employee sustained three fractured vertebrae and a fractured sternum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  unspecified
severity: moderate