Incident date: 2019-07-19
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a tree and unknowingly cut his primary climbing rope. When he completed his cutting work, he unfastened his secondary (safety) rope to begin his decent down the tree and immediately fell to the ground.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate