Incident date: 2021-06-29
NAICS industry code: 238210

On 6/29/2021, an employee was climbing a wooden telephone pole using a safety belt and hooks when his foot slipped on the pole and he fell onto a branch, resulting in a cut to his neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate