Incident date: 2024-10-11
NAICS industry code: 221122

Employees were using the boom of a digger truck to pull a power pole out of the ground. The extended boom broke away from the turret it was mounted on and dropped, causing the operator's seat to abruptly go up. The injured employee was thrown from the seat and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T8 vertebra and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  thoracic region
severity: moderate