Roadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chinchor Electric Inc., 1460 S Leavitt Ave., ORANGE CITY, FLORIDA 32763
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Multiple body parts unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a signal device while inside the bucket of a bucket truck. A tree service truck with a folded boom arm attached to the top collided with the bottom of the bucket the employee was occupying. This caused the employee to fall from the bucket and strike the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with multiple injuries.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts unspecified Boom truck, cherry picker
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