Incident date: 2020-02-27
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was releasing the emergency release on a garage door. The door swung up, catching the employee's collar and pulling the employee off a telehandler basket. The employee fell 10-15 feet to the ground, suffering broken vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate