Incident date: 2023-08-24
NAICS industry code: 517311

A employee was on the ground using a chainsaw to cut a downed tree free of a self-supporting strand (communications line). After cutting the tree, the employee went to move it off the line. The tension was released, causing the self-supporting strand to snap back and fracture the employee's arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate