Incident date: 2015-12-07
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee doing fiber optic installation was climbing a communication pole and fell from an unknown height.  The employee suffered a couple of cracked ribs and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate