Incident date: 2019-05-11
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was operating a scissor lift, traveling down a ramp in a parking garage. The lift started slipping due to the flooring conditions and a 9-degree grade. The scissor lift slid until it hit a curb at the bottom of the parking garage. When the lift hit the curb it stopped and the employee was ejected onto the concrete floor. The employee sustained 4-5 broken ribs, a fractured tail bone, a contusion to the right side of his head, and a lacerated liver.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate