Incident date: 2017-07-03
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was operating a winch boom crane bucket truck. The employee was in the bucket using the winch to remove a manhole cover that was stuck. The manhole cover released and the bucket truck bucked, throwing the employee out of the bucket. The employee fell 25 feet to the concrete pad and suffered head trauma. A harness was not worn at the time of the incident.

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: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate