Incident date: 2015-01-08
NAICS industry code: 237130

Employee used a derrick with a tong to unload a utility pole out of a storage area on the ground. The pole rolled onto the employee's leg as he tried to reorient the tong. The left fibula was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate