Incident date: 2025-07-03
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was standing approximately 6-8 feet high on an A-frame ladder and cutting a tree limb using a power pruner. The employee threw the cut limb to the ground and it bounced, striking the ladder. The employee fell from the ladder and struck his head on the concrete ground. The employee sustained head trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Step ladders
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries  unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate