Incident date: 2019-06-04
NAICS industry code: 238990

On June 4, 2019, a crew was installing fiber across a railroad crossing. A train came through and snagged the fiber. The fiber caught an employee in the neck area and the employee was thrown to the ground. The employee sustained cuts to the head and neck and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Rail vehicle incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate