Incident date: 2015-01-29
NAICS industry code: 541990

Employee was working on the bed of a bucket truck approximately 5-ft high. He was tightening a bolt on the truck with a wrench; the wrench slipped, causing him to lose his balance. He fell off the truck and hit his head.  He was taken to St. Francis Hospital.  He was in the emergency room and then transferred to the intensive care unit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate