Incident date: 2018-08-08
NAICS industry code: 221122

Conductors were being strung up with ropes. While signaling to allow a conductor to be pulled up, an employee did not release the rope and it pulled him in the air. He let go of the rope while in the air and fell to the ground, suffering fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate