Incident date: 2023-04-26
NAICS industry code: 561621

An employee was in an elevated bucket installing internet fiber on poles. As the employee was installing a wire from one pole to another in the alley, a car drove over the wire and caught the wire, pulling it taut against the employee. The employee sustained internal injuries and injuries to his hand that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Automobile
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate