Incident date: 2021-02-02
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was working on the ground approximately 15 feet from a transmission structure when a knee joint fell from the transmission structure, hit an adjacent apartment building, and bounced onto the employee, striking him in the hard-hat. The employee was knocked to the ground, striking his face and resulting in an eye socket fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate