Incident date: 2024-12-31
NAICS industry code: 238210

A distribution pole broke while a lineman was repositioning on the pole. The employee struck the cut-out bracket when they fell. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture, broken teeth, and lacerations to the back of the head and the chin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Utility poles
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Multiple regions of the head
severity: moderate