I saw an incident like that when on a site visit to my project in Indonesia, circa 1990 or so. The bulldozer was clearing trees when a nest fell right in his lap, causing about 100 stings. We rushed him to the local hospital, which was so filthy I wouldn't take my dogs there, much less people. He survived. He was a friend/shaper on previous projects I brought over there, so I felt somewhat responsible.
It did make me rethink where I worked a bit. That, plus my then young kids getting old enough to realize I was gone a few weeks at a time made me quit Asia work for many years.