Incident date: 2020-09-29
NAICS industry code: 517212

An employee was starting to climb a utility pole after attaching the lower removable rung assembly. When the employee stepped on one of the rungs, it gave way and locked in place. The employee fell backward to the ground 4 feet below. The employee sustained back pain between the shoulders.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 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