Incident date: 2015-06-09
NAICS industry code: 517911

An employee was working from a telephone pole when his gear lost tension and he fell, striking the top of a chain link fence. He severely injured his back. Adequate fall protection had not been provided at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate