Incident date: 2025-07-10
NAICS industry code: 221112

An employee was tamping at the base of a power pole when they were struck by an extendable hot arm that was dropped from an aerial bucket. The employee sustained two broken ribs on the right side, and a pneumothorax on the right side.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Other handtools  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate