Incident date: 2016-08-01
NAICS industry code: 713920

Two employees were performing maintenance on a lift by a tower and were being transported in a basket up the lift line. When the basket arm contacted the sheaves of the tower, the basket jettisoned from the cable. The two employees fell with the basket 25 feet to the ground. Both suffered broken bones and concussions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Ski lifts, gondola rides
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: low