Incident date: 2024-12-20
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was moving retired crossarms and wire from the back of a bucket truck into a dumpster while standing on the utility box. The employee pulled a partial crossarm with braces that did not immediately come free; it was approximately 5 feet and 9 inches long and 4 inches by 6 inches thick. When the crossarm came free, the momentum caused the employee to fall approximately 5 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured left elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, cherry picker
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate