Incident date: 2016-01-27
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was climbing a pole.  The employee was 10 feet up from ground level when the wooden pole broke.  The pole fell on the employee's leg, fracturing it between the ankle and knee.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate