Incident date: 2024-01-12
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cutting a root ball from a downed tree. The root ball fell back into the hole and hit another downed tree, which then rose up and struck the employee. The employee suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a bruised spleen and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate