| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | Franklin | Wi | Beacon Sales Acquisitions Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was operating the stabilizers on a boom truck. A stabilizer pinched the employee's left ring finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-11-09 | Commercial Point | Oh | Inferno Concrete Pumping | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was taking a hose off a boom truck. The employee fell off the truck, suffering a broken hip and hand. | |||||
| 2021-10-15 | Birmingham | Al | MarJam Supply Company | Elbow(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was helping to spot for a flatbed truck that was backing up beside a boom truck. The employee's right arm was pinned between the two truck beds; the elbow was crushed and fractured. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-29 | Locust Grove | Ok | Southern Electric Corporation of Mississippi | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was in a bucket working on a set of powerlines when he had to reposition his bucket truck. The knuckle of the boom truck hit a tree branch, which put the boom under tension. When the employee moved forward, the bucket jerked free from the branch, causing him to fall 15 feet from bucket to the ground and resulting in a broken L1 vertebra that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-08-04 | Rockford | Il | Asplundh Tree Expert Co. | Head | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| At 9:30 a.m. on August 4, 2021, a two-person crew was trimming branches on a 36-foot locust tree using an elevator lift truck. An employee was in the elevated bucket of the boom truck using a stick saw. While he was lowering the boom to clear some hangers, the walking pin to the hydraulic cylinder failed. The upper boom and bucket fell about 7.9 feet, coming to rest on the top of the cab protection rack. The employee suffered a head laceration and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-08-01 | Dodge City | Ks | BNSF (Dodge City) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A crew was loading material into the bed of a boom truck with a tag line on one end. An employee was steadying a bundle of I-beams as they were being hoisted onto a boom truck. The load shifted and pinched his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-24 | Dothan | Al | Alabama Power Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was relocating a knuckle boom truck. The employee placed his hand on the outrigger to brace himself to kick the outrigger pad into position when his left thumb was pinched between the first and second section of the outrigger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | Clarkesville | Ga | PENSKE TRUCK LEASING CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees were working on a boom truck that had outriggers and a leaking hydraulic cylinder. The injured employee had removed the hydraulic cylinder, rebuilt it, and reinstalled it. While verifying that the repair was correct, a bolt fell into the frame rail. As the injured employee reached to retrieve the bolt, the hydraulic cylinder went into motion resulting in amputation of the first knuckle from the right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-08 | Lamar | Co | RailWorks Signals & Communications, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employees were putting in the helical foundation to install a PTC tower when they hit rock and stopped work. An employee took the boom truck remote control and climbed onto the boom truck bed and proceeded to disconnect the foundation adapter plate from the helical foundation. The employee then lifted the boom to remove the helical foundation from compression and pushed the foundation over toward the ground at the back of the boom truck. At that time, the injured employee came around the back of | |||||
| 2020-08-17 | Richfield | Oh | John T Baker Enterprises Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was in a boom truck, cutting limbs off a tree. He made a notch on a limb that forced the boom down and he was ejected, landing on the ground 15-20 feet below. He suffered a fractured skull and fractured vertebrae. Fall protection was not tied in at the time. | |||||
| 2020-08-11 | Gretna | La | Southern Electrical Corporation of Mississippi | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| Employees were utilizing boom trucks to transfer live power lines to a new pole. One of the employees reached out to another to grab a tool while simultaneously holding the power line and experienced an electric shock. The injured employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-19 | Destin | Florida | Sign Erectors, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On May 19, 2020, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was guiding a commercial sign into position when the sign dropped from the rigging used by a boom truck crane to raise and position the sign. The sign struck his left foot, breaking multiple bones and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-09-11 | Orofino | Idaho | Asplundh Tree Expert | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was tied to the bucket of a boom truck and cutting the branch of a pine tree when the branch started to fall. The employee attempted to grab the branch and contacted the saw, cutting his right hand/wrist above the thumb area. He was hospitalized. The chain saw was still running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-07-19 | Topsham | Maine | Northern Pride Communications | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving steel from a trailer using a boom truck. The load shifted and caught the tip of his right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-07-15 | Shepherdstown | West Virgini | All Reliable Services | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a truck-mounted aerial lift to remove a dead ash tree. The boom truck tipped over while the operator was in the aerial lift. The employee suffered a broken leg and a back injury. | |||||
| 2019-06-21 | Yancey | Texas | LineTec Services, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was trying to dismount the operator seat of a boom truck when he lost his balance and fell approximately 6 feet to the ground, landing on his back. He was hospitalized with six fractured ribs, lumbar vertebrae chipping, and a slight puncture of his left lung. | |||||
| 2018-05-21 | Fort Walton Beach | Florida | Gulf Eagle Supply Company | Arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| A temporary employee was in the back of a flat bed boom truck handing shingles to another employee when he lost his balance, fell on a wooden pallet, and broke his right arm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-01 | Riverdale | Georgia | GEORGIA POWER | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was aligning an auger with the boom on the back of a utility line truck when his left finger was pinched between the auger and the boom truck, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2018-04-10 | Garfield | New Jersey | Kuiken Brothers Company Incorporated | Hip(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
| An employee was operating a boom truck. He went to retrieve the outriggers from the driver's side and was caught in between the outrigger and the building wall. The employee suffered a fractured hip and internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2018-03-20 | Bourne | Massachusett | Army Corp of Engineers | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was injured while removing a pole with a boom truck. | |||||
| 2018-01-03 | Hooksett | New Hampshir | Merrimack Building Supply, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee had approached a boom truck to speak with a co-worker when his hand entered the pinch point on the truck, amputating one entire finger and two fingertips. | |||||
| 2017-06-28 | Painesville | Ohio | RW Sidley Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was delivering masonry materials using a boom truck. While the employee was on the back of the truck, a piece of equipment shook loose and struck the employee. The employee was knocked to the ground approximately 5 feet below, fracturing ribs and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-13 | Bay City | Texas | Equistar Chemicals | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was disassembling a boom truck. During the process, the boom truck moved and the last bolt securing the crane assembly to the boom truck broke causing the entire crane assembly to move. The employee was caught between the outrigger of the crane assembly and the truck fuel tank resulting in a right leg laceration. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | Greenville | Ohio | Coletown Signs | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was in the bucket of a boom truck 20 to 25 feet in the air, removing vinyl lettering from a window, when a strong wind gust blew over the boom truck. The employee was ejected from the bucket as the truck hit the ground, suffering a possible fractured neck. | |||||
| 2017-04-13 | Old Saybrook | Connecticut | M.J. Electric, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On April 13, 2017, an employee was injured when he fell approximately 10 feet from the top outside step/platform of a boom truck while tightening a rope around the bucket. | |||||
| 2017-04-04 | Danville | Georgia | WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| The employee was descending from the basket of a boom truck when his left ring finger was caught in a bracket that held the bucket to the truck resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2017-04-03 | East Boothbay | Maine | Northeast Marine Construction | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating the boom truck and received injuries to the chest, ribs, and shoulders when the truck rolled over onto its side and over the employee. | |||||
| 2017-03-20 | Commerce City | Colorado | Flynn Southwest GP, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| An employee was adjusting the jib lock at the side of the main boom on a 55-ton boom truck. He loosened the lower securement bolts. While loosening the upper bolts one of the lower bolts came out and the jib slipped off of the locking plate. It dropped a couple feet until resting on the cab and struck the employee on the face and left shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-03-14 | Isola | Mississippi | Entergy | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Employees were setting up utility poles using a boom truck. They were using choker chains to hold the pole and set it. The chain rolled and the pole caught the injured employee's left ring finger resulting in amputation of the finger. | |||||
| 2017-01-03 | Allen | Texas | MCM Construction LLC | Leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee was dismounting a boom truck when his leg was caught in the outrigger, breaking it. | |||||
| 2016-09-06 | Gooding | Idaho | A & G Irrigation | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On September 6, 2016, an employee moving an irrigation pivot with a boom truck was struck in the head by the overhaul ball when the cable moving the load snapped. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-07-26 | Idaho Falls | Idaho | Franklin Building Supply, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was delivering a pallet of roof shingles to a low-sloped roof using a boom truck with a fork attachment. The pallet of roof shingles slipped off of the forks and crashed through the roof to the interior of the home. The employee was knocked/dragged into the hole along with the pallet. He fell approximately 20 feet to the lower surface and was hospitalized with two broken ribs. | |||||
| 2016-06-29 | Metuchen | New Jersey | Builders FirstSource Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was hospitalized after falling off the platform of a boom truck. | |||||
| 2016-05-04 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | AECOM Technical Services, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Employees were in the man basket of an articulating boom truck when a sudden movement caused the man basket to come in contact with the bridge. An employee sustained a broken nose and eye socket and was admitted to hospital. | |||||
| 2015-10-07 | Porter | Texas | Webber, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On 10/07/2015 at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was helping a Bobcat operator load a two piece steel barrier wall form onto the bed area of the knuckle boom truck. As the forms were being lowered into place, the tip of his right middle finger was smashed between the two forms pieces. | |||||
| 2015-08-13 | Miami | Florida | JORDAN HIGH VOLTAGE INC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| On 8/13/2015, at approximately 10:00 a.m., an employee was installing electrical insulation on powerlines when a pin broke as he was coming down inside the bucket of a boom truck. He fell and hit the ground while still inside the bucket, breaking his ribs and injuring his right ankle. | |||||
| 2015-05-24 | Watertown | Wisconsin | Charter Communications | Forearm(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee received a burn to the right forearm due to contact with an electrical power line while operating an articulating boom truck. | |||||
| 2015-04-27 | Decatur | Texas | Wise Pole Line | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were performing maintenance on a boom truck. As employee one was coming down off the truck he placed his hand into the cradle where the boom rests. Employee two did not see him and started to lower the boom resulting in the amputation of employee one's right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-01-23 | Cape Coral | Florida | Coastal Building Materials | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| Employee was touching a boom truck used to deliver building materials while his co-worker was trying to lower the boom back into the truck. The boom struck a power line and the employee on the ground received an electric shock and was hospitalized. | |||||