Incident date: 2020-08-18
NAICS industry code: 517110

A maintenance technician was inside the bucket of a bucket truck, which was on the side of the highway. The bucket was 20 feet in the air when the bucket truck was struck by a passing vehicle. The employee was thrown from the bucket to the ground and sustained a broken pelvis, fractured ribs, and a dislocated shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate