Incident date: 2023-06-30
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was loading a wooden utility pole onto a digger derrick. A pole piece came free when it was under tension and swung into the employee's lower legs. The employee sustained three fractures to the left ankle as well as one right ankle fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate