Incident date: 2020-01-31
NAICS industry code: 424510

An electrician was retrieving an aerial lift from the dock. While driving the equipment back to the facility, the lift turned sharply, forcing the front right tire off the road and onto a levee. The lift tipped and ejected the employee from the basket. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the right leg including the shin and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate