Incident date: 2016-12-14
NAICS industry code: 713990

An employee was using a scissor lift to mount a machine that shoots clay pigeons from 20 feet in the air. The scissor lift would not lower all the way to the ground, so the he attempted to troubleshoot the problem. When he tried to grab a wire underneath the fold of the lift that may have been the problem, the lift came down on top of his left arm. He was hospitalized with nerve damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to nerves, except the spinal cord, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate