Incident date: 2019-03-29
NAICS industry code: 921110

An employee was in a boom forklift that had a box attached to it cutting down a tree to clear power line. The employee was in the box. After cutting down the tree it fell towards him and he jumped from the box to avoid it. He fell on a ladder and fractured his leg requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate