Incident date: 2017-06-02
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was removing a wood utility pole from a hole when the pole slipped. The employee was then caught between the pole and an adjacent truck, suffering a collapsed lung and breaking ribs, an ulna, and a radius. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate