Incident date: 2016-09-22
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was unloading utility poles from a trailer using a self-unloading boom. As the employee swung the pole to the left, the pole slipped out of the grapple and struck the employee's right hip area, fracturing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate