Incident date: 2025-07-16
NAICS industry code: 541330

On 7/16/2025, an employee was working inside a communication wire pull-box with the lid partially removed. As the employee was standing up, they placed their hand on the pull-box lid. One end of the lid slipped into the pull-box. This caused the other end of the lid to strike the employee's mouth. The employee sustained a fractured jaw and three broken teeth.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Caps, lids, covers  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
severity: moderate