Incident date: 2024-05-07
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was retrieving trimmed tree branches from the ground when a branch came down and struck them in the head and the left side of their face. They sustained a head injury, laceration, and swelling.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches unattached
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Head  unspecified
severity: moderate