Incident date: 2022-02-09
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was on a semi-trailer helping load fiberglass street light poles. The employee fell off the semi-trailer's flatbed when a 35' street light pole weighing approximately 50 lbs. came loose and fell toward the employee. The employee sustained multiple fractures to his pelvis and ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate