NAICS561730Event Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feetSource Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping
An employee was exiting the basket of an aerial lift when they tripped and fell about 6 feet and 10 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to…
NAICS561730Event Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feetSource Trees
On March 21, 2025, at approximately 9:45 a.m., an employee was climbing down a tree that was approximately 10 feet tall. His feet were caught by vines, causing…
Fractures Trunk and other upper extremitiesHospitalized
NAICS237310Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle in road work zone unspecifiedSource Logging and wood processing machinery n.e.c.
An employee was picking up tree branches along the side of the highway when they were struck by a tree trimming machine. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their…
Fractures Trunk and other lower extremitiesHospitalized
An employee was riding in the front passenger seat of a utility task vehicle when it flipped during a turn. The side roll bar came loose and struck the middle…
Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries Multiple trunk locationsHospitalized
NAICS561730EventCompressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentSourceWood, lumber, unspecified
An employee was flush-cutting the stump of an ash tree. As the employee moved a block of wood, his right ring finger was pinched between it and another block…
NAICS561730EventStruck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.SourceTrees
An employee was climbing an uprooted tree to clear branches away from electrical conductors. He was tied off to an adjacent tree with fall protection and a climb line. When…
Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injuryBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS561730EventPedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone SourceSUV, sports utility vehicle
A sport utility vehicle drove into a marked roadway work zone and struck an employee. The employee suffered a concussion and a possible collarbone injury.
On June 23, 2022, an employee was sitting on the back of a small aerial lift while it was moving slowly toward the back of a trailer. The rubber track…
NAICS561730EventOther fall to lower level 16 to 20 feetSourceTrees
An employee was ascending a spruce tree and positioned his lanyard around two branches. The branches broke and the employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground, landing on his…
NAICS561730EventExposure to environmental heatSourceHeat-environmental
An employee was stacking tree limbs to be picked up by a truck. The employee began to feel sick and experience cramps, resulting in hospitalization for heat exhaustion.
NAICS561730EventStruck by dislodged flying object, particleSourceLimbs, branches-unattached
An employee was limbing a tree trunk that had fallen onto power lines. When one limb was trimmed, another whipped upward and struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs. The…
FracturesChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
NAICS113310EventOther fall to lower level less than 6 feetSourceAerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
The employee was elevated in the basket of an aerial lift trimming tree branches. He came down in the basket of the aerial lift and began stepping down the access…
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injuryBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS561730EventOther fall to lower level, unspecifiedSourceTrees
An employee was in a tree, cutting off the top. The tree shook and the employee's safety line hopped over where the cut was made. The employee fell to…
Fractures and other injuries, unspecifiedMultiple trunk locationsHospitalized
NAICS561730EventOther fall to lower level 16 to 20 feetSourceTrees
An employee was climbing a tree with a rope and saddle when a knot tied to a carabiner slipped out and the employee fell approximately 16 feet to the ground…
FracturesMultiple body parts, unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS561730EventStruck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.SourceTrees
An employee was felling a large tree. As the tree fell, it contacted another large tree, causing that tree to become uprooted and fall. That tree then contacted a dead…
FracturesChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
NAICS561730EventStruck by discharged object or substanceSourceRope, twine, string
…A climbing rope was on the ground and had become entangled with the tree limbs. The rope went through the chipper, broke and snapped loose, and struck the employee on…