Incident date: 2018-06-27
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was ascending a tree while carrying a pruner tool to prune around utility lines. He reached his area and hung the pruner on a limb above his position. The limb broke and the pruner fell, striking and piercing his left forearm. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-power not determined, unspecified
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate