Incident date: 2017-05-30
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a tree from an elevated bucket at an approximate height of 50 feet when a portion of the tree that was cut fell and struck the bucket. This caused the bucket to fall to a lower position approximately 8 feet below the original work position. The employee was flipped out the bucket and fell 42 more feet to the ground, breaking bones and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate