Incident date: 2020-10-26
NAICS industry code: 111421

An employee was felling trees. A tree that was being felled split and struck another tree causing a limb from that tree to fall and strike the employee in the head. The employee suffered a broken neck, brain swelling and facial trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate