Incident date: 2021-03-16
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was monitoring as a tree was felled. The tree hung up; an excavator pushed on it to clear it, and its top half snapped and sprung backwards toward the crew. Part of this upper section, about 4 inches in diameter, struck the employee in the back of the right leg as he was trying to get away. He suffered an open fracture of the tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate