Incident date: 2016-08-21
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was on an extended scissor lift tightening a bolt when the bolt broke and threw him between the top rail and the chain of the scissor lift. He fell 20 feet to the concrete below resulting in a head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate