Incident date: 2024-10-30
NAICS industry code: 335129

Employee 1 was in the basket of a 30-foot lift, working approximately 25 feet off the ground. Employee 2 was working as ground support and repositioning a hoist that was being used for a lighting fixture. During this move the lift started to tip over. Employee 2 then went to use his bodyweight to keep the lift from falling. The lift fell and struck employee 2's leg causing a fracture. Employee 1 was in the lift basket when it impacted a staircase and he hit his head. He sustained several injuries including a head contusion, a broken pelvic bone, broken ribs, a spinal injury, and a lower extremity injury. Both employees were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object tipping over
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: low