Incident date: 2021-03-27
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee of Specialized Equipment Contractors was operating a boom lift while performing work at a plant. While the employee was turning the boom lift around to bring it to a different location, he boomed up to miss some interferences on the ground level and was struck in the face by a ceiling fan. The employee sustained facial fractures, a broken jaw, and a dislocated tooth.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising
code_source: title: Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate