Incident date: 2017-08-08
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a tree canopy using a polecat aerial that was parked in a median. The traffic lane underneath was not active, but at some point the polecat overturned in the roadway. The employee hit the pavement and the aerial basket, breaking his femur, dislocating his shoulder, losing two teeth, and lacerating his chin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate