Incident date: 2016-06-20
NAICS industry code: 221122

Two employees were connecting a hard line to a conductor. As they were pulling the line, the wire grip that held the line gave way, and the cable jumped into the air and hit the employees. Both employees were hospitalized overnight, and one employee required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Electric parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low