Incident date: 2019-10-31
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was working inside a barricaded area on a road replacing a broken electrical pole. A car broke through the barricade and contacted a fiber optic cable that was on the ground. The cable then struck the employee, throwing him into the road and dragging him approximately 27 feet. The employee sustained injury to the head and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Automobile
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate