Incident date: 2023-10-25
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was putting an electric wire through the bottom of a metal light pole that was being lifted by a crane. The rigging on the light pole fell causing the pole to fall onto the employee's left forearm, fracturing the radius and ulna.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Lamp posts, street lights
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate