Incident date: 2022-03-15
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was working from the boom basket of an aerial lift. As he lowered the lift, the boom landed on a metal standpipe. The water hose and nozzle at the standpipe's top rim broke under the weight of the boom; the boom shifted and dropped the basket to the ground 12-18 inches below. The employee suffered a broken left femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate