Incident date: 2019-09-09
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was pulling on a tree limb located on the ground using a 6-foot long hanger puller. When the hanger puller became dislodged from the limb, the employee tripped over an anchored guy wire directly behind him. The employee's momentum carried him approximately 6 feet further where he struck his left shoulder on a decorative concrete wall and then fell. The employee sustained fractures to the right fibula, ankle, and left shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Ground, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate