# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Coletown Signs
> OSHA SIR `2017053940` · 5/1/2017 · GREENVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Coletown Signs
- **Location:** 1700 Kitchenaide Way., GREENVILLE, OHIO, 45331
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*