Incident date: 2016-12-01
NAICS industry code: 444220

An employee was guiding a palm tree that a front-end loader was loading onto a work vehicle when the strap holding the tree slipped, causing the tree to shift and strike the employee. The employee suffered a head contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate