Incident date: 2024-07-29
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was operating a scissor lift and going through a doorway when the scissor lift lurched and their head became caught between the doorway and the guardrail of the lift. The employee sustained a laceration to their carotid artery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Internal neck structures
severity: moderate