Incident date: 2022-11-04
NAICS industry code: 115310

An employee was trimming a tree while in a backyard bucket lift. The bucket, with the employee inside, descended to the ground, causing the employee to sustain fractures to the lumbar vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate