Incident date: 2024-05-21
NAICS industry code: 238150

An employee was driving a boom lift from the inside to the outside, when the boom lift drove off the dock and the employee was catapulted from the lift. He was suspended 8-10 feet from the ground from his fall protection and sustained a fractured left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  jack-knifed or ran off driving surface
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate