Incident date: 2018-05-20
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was working from the extended boom/basket of a bucket truck. The outriggers of the bucket truck were not set on solid ground, resulting in the outrigger sinking into the ground as the boom was further extended. The truck became unstable and collapsed with the employee inside the basket. He rode the bucket to the ground and fractured his back and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate