Incident date: 2021-12-22
NAICS industry code: 238120

On December 22, 2021, employees were using aerial lifts to install ceiling liner and panels. An employee was working from a raised aerial lift and leaned against the lift's door gate, then fell 8-10 feet to the dirt, gravel and snow-covered ground below. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their L2 and L4 vertebrae and lung lacerations. Fall protection was not attached at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate