Incident date: 2016-06-23
NAICS industry code: 237130

On June 25, 2016, at approximately 12:10 p.m., two employees were digging with hand tools around a main telephone pole when the push pole fell and struck one of the employees. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Towers, poles, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate