Incident date: 2018-10-04
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a derrick digger truck to lift wooden power poles. A pole lodged partially in the pile while being lifted. It shifted direction erratically after being dislodged and bounced toward the employee, striking his right leg and breaking the tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate