Incident date: 2020-03-23
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was climbing a 40-foot wooden pole. The employee was about 8-10 feet up the pole when his gaffs cut out and he fell to the ground; he suffered a fractured disc and a bruised leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate