Incident date: 2025-01-07
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut the stalk of a tree that was rigged to a crane while on an aerial lift. The stalk broke off below the pinch point and the butt tipped up and pinched the chainsaw, pulling the employee out of the basket. The employee fell to the surface level and sustained fractures to their pelvis and vertebrae/spine. Fall protection was not in place at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate