Incident date: 2023-07-14
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was in the bucket of a truck that was on a hill with its outriggers down and pads underneath. The employee was removing a branch from a powerline when the truck overturned causing the employee to fall approximately 45 feet into a depression or valley. The employee sustained a punctured lung and fractures to the ribs and pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 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