Incident date: 2018-01-17
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a rodder to clear underground communication lines and was placing it into a cradle when it slipped, striking the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized with facial fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate