Incident date: 2017-02-27
NAICS industry code: 517110

While an employee was working on a utility pole to run a TV cable to a house, the pole broke and the employee fell about 15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a broken left femur and a lower back fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate