Incident date: 2018-04-18
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee had just topped a white pine tree and was using his climbing line to descend the tree when he lost his footing and fell approximately 40 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with broken ribs and a broken wrist.

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