Incident date: 2021-08-04
NAICS industry code: 561730

At 9:30 a.m. on August 4, 2021, a two-person crew was trimming branches on a 36-foot locust tree using an elevator lift truck. An employee was in the elevated bucket of the boom truck using a stick saw. While he was lowering the boom to clear some hangers, the walking pin to the hydraulic cylinder failed. The upper boom and bucket fell about 7.9 feet, coming to rest on the top of the cab protection rack. The employee suffered a head laceration and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate