Incident date: 2018-07-19
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was riding in the basket of a bucket truck placing cable from pole to pole. As the truck advanced slowly along the ground, it struck a hole. As the truck moved out of the hole, it rocked and the employee fell from the bucket to the ground. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae and a spinal injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate