Incident date: 2023-11-27
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing an aerial drop cable across a roadway. The employee was on a ladder positioned against a telephone pole. Cable had been installed on one side of the roadway. The employee was making the connection to the pole on the opposite side of the roadway when a box truck contacted the cable, causing the employee to fall onto the grass of the customer's yard. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate