Incident date: 2025-08-18
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee, who was using a climbing device, was on top of an approximately 50-foot pole replacing an 8-foot crossarm. The employee's safety line was cut by a chainsaw, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained soft tissue injuries to their cervical spine at C1-C2 and C2-C3, and a severe bruise to their right hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Utility poles
code_nature: title: Soft tissue injuries  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate