Incident date: 2024-11-21
NAICS industry code: 311212

On November 21, 2024, at approximately 7:55 a.m., an employee was getting onto a manlift on the fourth floor while holding two scoop shovels. As he stepped onto the lift, the shovels got caught on the floor, causing him to slip off the step and grab the floor. The employee fell to the concrete third floor, resulting in 4 fractured right ribs and 3 fractured left ribs. He also dislocated his right shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, lifts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate