Incident date: 2020-02-26
NAICS industry code: 327124

Two employees were in a scissor lift removing a plumbing piece from the side of a building. The lift moved unexpectedly in reverse instead of down and the injured employee struck his head on a structural beam on the side of the building. He bounced back and struck his head on the rail of the scissor lift. The injured employee was hospitalized for head and face injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Girders, beams, structural steel
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate