Incident date: 2017-05-01
NAICS industry code: 339950

An employee was in the bucket of a boom truck 20 to 25 feet in the air, removing vinyl lettering from a window, when a strong wind gust blew over the boom truck. The employee was ejected from the bucket as the truck hit the ground, suffering a possible fractured neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate