Incident date: 2024-06-24
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was pulling a 3-conductor cable for a mounted camera through a 1-inch conduit. The cable pulley used to support the cable was secured to the pole using mule tape. The mule tape failed and the pulley fell approximately 8 feet, striking the employee in the right hand and resulting in fractured metacarpal bones and a laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate