Incident date: 2019-06-27
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was preparing to pull in new electrical power lines with a rope when the rope became entangled in the base of a street sign, causing the sign to become loose and strike the employee in the back. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised left lung, cracked ribs, and bruised vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Road signs
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate