Incident date: 2025-07-18
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee was unloading a concrete utility pole from a log loader to place in a pole rack for storage at the delivery site. The employee raised the pole. The pole spun around and released from the grapple/boom and fell, striking the employee. The employee sustained fractures to their arm and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Utility poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate