Incident date: 2021-08-10
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee had just used a 35-pound electrical ground rod driver to install a ground rod. While lifting the ground rod driver above his shoulders, he lost his balance and fell onto the rod that had been driven into the ground. He suffered a neck laceration requiring five stitches and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ground, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate