Incident date: 2021-11-09
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was power-washing a fire station from a scissor lift. The power washer triggered the garage door, which opened and caused the scissor lift to tip. The employee fell and was hospitalized, requiring surgery for an upper thigh fracture.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate