Incident date: 2015-10-26
NAICS industry code: 238210

A lineman was in the process of repairing and reattaching a downed power line to a wooden utility pole. As the lineman was climbing the pole, the pole fell striking the lineman and breaking a leg in multiple places.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate