Incident date: 2022-04-07
NAICS industry code: 113310

The employee was elevated in the basket of an aerial lift trimming tree branches. He came down in the basket of the aerial lift and began stepping down the access ladder on the side of the truck when he slipped and fell four feet to the ground. The employee suffered back pain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate