Incident date: 2021-09-08
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee was unloading wooden utility poles. A pole was put on ground by a front-end loader. The pole then rolled downhill onto the employee's leg fracturing the tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate