Incident date: 2017-09-11
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was auguring in a new pole on top of the digger derrick. The old pole cracked even more as it moved and falling telephone cables struck the employee on the chest knocking him about 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained three fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Drilling machines, drilling augers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate