Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at CO-MO Connect
Start: 8/27/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088888 · 8/27/2019 · CO-MO Connect

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Utility and telephone poles

Employer

Name: CO-MO Connect
Location: Intersecton of State Highway F and FF, TIPTON, MISSOURI, 65081
NAICS: 926130
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee and his crew were removing a broken power pole. The top portion of the pole was hung in a tree and still attached to the power lines. The crew was digging the bottom broken section out of the ground when they heard the top portion crack. The broken pole fell on the employee and injured his lower back.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown