Incident date: 2020-10-13
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee carried a 50-60 lbs. roll of broadcasting cable around a truck to the point of deployment. He placed the cable on the ground and prepared to deploy it. When he stood up, he experienced pain in his abdomen. The employee sustained a laceration to his spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate