Incident date: 2022-06-29
NAICS industry code: 221112

An employee was training on the use of a self-recovery device. As he lowered himself from a bucket, the rope broke and he fell 18 to 20 feet to the ground. A vertebra in his lower back was fractured and he was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate