Incident date: 2018-03-09
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee has just set his truck up for tree trimming and climbed the steps of the ladder to enter the basket. He noticed he didn't have gloves on so he asked another employee to toss the gloves to him. As he attempted to catch the gloves, he lost his balance and fell approximately 8 feet, 5 inches to the ground, breaking his right tibia. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate