Incident date: 2018-02-12
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting a section of a tree trunk with a chainsaw. As the employee finished the cut, the section of the tree fell and struck the employee resulting in a broken pelvis and internal injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate