Incident date: 2019-02-19
NAICS industry code: 221121

An employee was boring a hole for a power/telephone pole using a utility truck with an auger bit. The employee finished the hole and was stowing the auger bit when the safety cable broke. The auger bit struck the employee, breaking his jaw and causing facial contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate