Incident date: 2016-10-11
NAICS industry code: 541320

An employee was working from a bucket truck and cutting a branch. The bucket had a winch attached to a branch that was cut. The branch slipped and flung the employee from a height of 50 feet. The employee suffered broken bones, contusions, cuts, and scrapes.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate