Incident date: 2019-05-07
NAICS industry code: 238910

A temporary employee had been cutting a section of a catwalk with a torch. After completing the cutting, the catwalk made a twisting motion and caused a light pole on the far end of the catwalk to fall and strike the employee. The employee sustained a puncture wound to his left upper cheek and a laceration on his back and was hospitalized due to symptoms of a concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Lamp posts, street lights
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate