Incident date: 2017-09-26
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was removing dead limbs from a tree when his lanyard and/or rope was cut, and he fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate