Incident date: 2020-06-30
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were pulling cable strands with a rating of 5000 pounds. While they were tightening the cable on the right side of the street, there was some slack in the cable on the left side of the street. A tractor trailer pulled out of an industrial park and snapped the cable. The cable swung towards the bucket truck causing employee 1, who was wearing a harness, to jump out of the bucket truck to avoid being hit by the cable. Employee 1 sustained a fractured rib and a back injury. The cable then swung through some trees and hit employee 2, who was on the ground. Employee 2 sustained a leg injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: low