Incident date: 2018-09-18
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were pulling a fiber optic cable with a rope attached to an ATV when the rope snapped and struck an employee on the left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate