Incident date: 2017-11-29
NAICS industry code: 424710

An employee was standing on a pallet being lifted by a forklift to change out a light fixture. He tried to cut into a live cable with wire cutters and was shocked. He then lost his balance and fell 20 feet onto metal pipes below, suffering a head fracture, shoulder fracture, and left hand burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate