Incident date: 2016-02-29
NAICS industry code: 517110

An employee was working on a pole using climbers. After the employee completed his work on the pole, he began to descend the pole. As he was descending, he "cut out" and slid down three to four feet while hugging the pole. He then let go and fell approximately 12 feet causing injury to his back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
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