Incident date: 2016-06-21
NAICS industry code: 331410

An employee was working from an aerial scissor lift when a coworker activated a crane to test the limit switches. The crane hook snagged the aerial lift on the way up and threw the employee to the ground. The employee suffered a broken wrist and bruised ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate