Incident date: 2019-06-21
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was trying to dismount the operator seat of a boom truck when he lost his balance and fell approximately 6 feet to the ground, landing on his back. He was hospitalized with six fractured ribs, lumbar vertebrae chipping, and a slight puncture of his left lung.

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 and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate