Incident date: 2025-04-18
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was working on a signal device while inside the bucket of a bucket truck. A tree service truck with a folded boom arm attached to the top collided with the bottom of the bucket the employee was occupying. This caused the employee to fall from the bucket and strike the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with multiple injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Roadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle
code_source: title: Boom truck, cherry picker
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  unspecified
severity: moderate