Incident date: 2019-02-22
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating a bucket truck picking up road signs along the side of the road at the end of the day. The employee was on the back of the truck strapping down the signs. When he stood up, he struck his head on the bottom of the bucket, lost his balance, and fell approximately four feet off the side of the truck to the ground breaking the lower left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate