Incident date: 2016-01-18
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was installing a utility pole using an auger. The auger jammed and when the employee released the jam, the auger struck the employee in the right leg breaking the tibia and fibula and dislocating the right ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drilling augers
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate