Incident date: 2018-05-14
NAICS industry code: 532490

An employee was using a boom lift to unload equipment from a flatbed truck when the turntable of the boom turned around 180 degrees with the bucket remaining on the trailer. He drove the boom toward the end of the trailer and before he could stop, the front wheels went off the back of the trailer. He was thrown off the lift and landed on the street, fracturing his right wrist and right hip. He also sustained a laceration to the right side of his face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate