Incident date: 2022-07-12
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was inside the bucket of a bucket truck, using the truck's winch line to lift a stop sign that was affixed to the ground. The winch line failed under stress, which caused the bucket to shift. The employee was dislodged and fell to the ground about 15 to 20 feet below, suffering a broken pelvis, broken ribs, and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate