Incident date: 2024-04-05
NAICS industry code: 512110

An employee was standing on a step ladder and using an electric pole saw to cut a tree branch. The branch broke before it was fully cut, and swung toward the employee causing them to fall off the ladder. The employee sustained fractures to their left wrist and arm, right shoulder, and lumbar vertebrae as well as tears to their kidney and liver.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate