Incident date: 2021-01-18
NAICS industry code: 221118

An employee was tending to an electrical pole when slack in the rope caused the pole to fall to the ground, bounce, and strike the employee in his left leg, resulting in a fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Towers, poles, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate