Incident date: 2025-03-05
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was removing 2-inch conduit from the ceiling of the second floor while standing on a scissor lift elevated 13 feet. There was a failure in the scissor lift and the platform dropped to the bottom position. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to their right lower leg that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate