Incident date: 2023-09-05
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was going up in a lift to begin trimming trees with a chainsaw. He was approximately 20-25 feet in the air when the latch to the bucket got caught and detached. The bucket then tipped causing the employee to fall to the ground. He sustained fractures to his right elbow, right wrist, and left femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate