Incident date: 2015-08-17
NAICS industry code: 488190

An employee masking an aircraft using a boom lift fell approximately 10 feet to the ground when he exited the lift. He was hospitalized for a broken back and bleeding in the brain. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate