Incident date: 2018-06-06
NAICS industry code: 924120

The injured employee and a crew were prepping for a prescribed burn by cutting down dead and dying timber. The injured employee dropped a 25" diameter tree and the tree took an unusual spin on the ground and rolled over his lower leg. The employee sustained a puncture wound, a laceration and a fracture to his left tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Trees
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate