Incident date: 2021-02-20
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was prepping a 40-foot solid wood pole to be set with other team members. While the pole was being set into the ground with a track bucket, the employee started to push the pole into place. The operator boomed up to straighten the pole. The rigging slid off the pole and landed on the outrigger of the track bucket. The pole bounced and struck the employee causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a contusion to the head and a chipped tooth.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate