Incident date: 2017-08-03
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee had cut a 4-foot maple sapling at the base. When he went to push it over, the sapling hit a broken limb on a dead tree. The limb struck the employee in the face causing facial fractures and a broken nose.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate