Incident date: 2024-01-12
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee and a co-worker were removing a dead pine tree. The employee was standing outside the fall zone of the tree while removing slack from the rope tied around the tree and assisting in pulling the tree down. As the co-worker was cutting the tree, it snapped sideways and struck a living sweet gum tree, which subsequently fell and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken ankle and leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate