Incident date: 2021-01-05
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was cutting a tree into smaller sections for transport by a trackhoe. A section of log that was being picked up by the trackhoe slipped and caught the employee's lower right leg between two logs. The employee suffered a fracture to the lower leg/ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Logs
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate