Incident date: 2022-10-07
NAICS industry code: 221122

A lineman was tied off at the top of a power pole, lowering a deactivated power line from the pole. The base of the pole broke and fell; the lineman fell approximately 40 feet, sustaining injuries to the hip and the side of his body. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate