Incident date: 2015-01-06
NAICS industry code: 562111

Employee's garbage truck struck electrical lines hanging low in the street.  Employee climbed up approximately 10 feet to untangle the wires when he fell to the ground.  He broke his left leg and has small fractures in his neck. He was admitted to the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate