Incident date: 2017-07-07
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was manually pruning a tree when he fell approximately 30 feet to the ground below, sustaining multiple lacerations, broken ribs, fibula/tibia fractures, pressure buildup, a cheekbone fracture, a skull fracture, and two fractured vertebrae. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate