Incident date: 2020-05-06
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was installing a telephone pole. He backed up from the sidewalk and was stepping off the curb when he lost his balance. He tried to turn his body to catch himself when he landed face first on his side on the street. He suffered two fractured ribs and a bruised spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Curbs
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate