Incident date: 2017-01-05
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee had trimmed tree branches and was descending from the tree. The employee's descending rope was tied to a branch that broke, causing the employee to fall approximately 25 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured pelvis, a lacerated spleen, fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, fractured vertebrae, and a fractured left elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate