Incident date: 2020-03-05
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was in a bucket truck's bucket. The upper boom caught between branches; while the booms were being moved, a branch broke, causing the upper boom to spring side to side. The employee fell out of the bucket and was caught by his full-body harness after falling 2 feet. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate