Incident date: 2024-11-27
NAICS industry code: 238320

Two employees were working in a boom lift painting beams near a catwalk. The lift operator was raising the boom to position it between the beams. The boom did not stop and continued to rise, causing the injured employee to be caught between the beams and the rail of the lift basket. The injured employee suffered several broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate