Incident date: 2016-07-13
NAICS industry code: 221119

An employee was working a trouble call for a low wire. He was working off a 25 foot pole when it broke and fell over. The employee fell to the ground while tied off to the pole and suffered a fracture in the upper left arm above the elbow and a hip fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate