Incident date: 2017-01-05
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cutting off a tree branch with a chainsaw while standing on a guard rail. The branch pushed back and struck him in the chest. He was pushed against another tree and fell off of the guard rail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Guardrails, road dividers
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate