Incident date: 2020-02-24
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was standing on top of stacked wooden utility poles that were positioned on a flatbed trailer while connecting lifting chains to one of the poles to be unloaded. While connecting the lifting chains, the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet to the earthen ground, sustaining a fractured right tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate