Incident date: 2022-05-06
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was working from an aerial lift approximately 20 feet above ground level. The pin on the boom snapped, causing it and the employee to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to the left leg, a broken right arm, and facial fractures and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate