Incident date: 2025-06-23
NAICS industry code: 221122

On June 23, 2025, at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee was walking along the powerline right of way conducting a quality control assessment for tree trimming crews that had previously worked in the area. While walking in the right of way, the employee slipped/tripped and fell to the ground. They fell onto a stick, resulting in a puncture wound to the upper right side of their torso just below the armpit. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
code_source: title: Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Trunk  unspecified
severity: moderate