Incident date: 2025-03-25
NAICS industry code: 335314

On March 25, 2025, a maintenance employee was elevated 19 feet in a scissor lift to troubleshoot an overhead shipping door that was not fully closing. The overhead door came down and pushed the aerial lift over. The lift struck the concrete floor of the shipping bay and the employee sustained a compound fracture to his left forearm and a fractured pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate