Incident date: 2015-03-11
NAICS industry code: 237130

After installing a new utility pole, an employee fell approximately 30 feet to the ground while climbing to the top. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate