Incident date: 2016-01-23
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was using an electric impact wrench to tighten bolts used to secure the lifts frame. He was found unresponsive with his head caught between the frame of the lift and the frame of the building. He underwent surgery for head trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate