Incident date: 2018-09-11
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was operating a boom in a bucket truck. One outrigger of the truck was placed on the pavement and the other outrigger of the truck was on soft ground. The outrigger that was on soft ground sunk into the ground and caused the truck to roll and the weight to shift on the truck. The employee and bucket then fell to the ground. The employee suffered L1 and L2 vertebrae fractures and a right cheek laceration. Fall protection was worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate