Incident date: 2015-07-18
NAICS industry code: 237130

Employees were placing a 50-foot wood pole into the ground to support electrical lines. The line truck could not fit between the alleyway where the pole was to be placed. The injured employee was tasked with securing a bonding wire to the pole. He straddled the pole to about 12 feet to begin securing the grounding wire. As he stapled the wire, he lost his balance and fell onto the hard pavement/dirt surface. He was hospitalized and required surgery to repair his lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate