Incident date: 2025-04-03
NAICS industry code: 221121

An employee was working from a bucket truck to restore a power line. The boom was lowered and struck a tree, causing the employee to be ejected from the bucket. The employee fell approximately 25 feet to the ground below, resulting in fractures to both femurs and one fractured bone in their back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, cherry picker
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate