Incident date: 2017-03-01
NAICS industry code: 922160

An employee drove a high lift single operator cherry picker from the roadway onto the soft earth of a drainage ditch to avoid oncoming traffic. The uneven surface caused the employee to be thrown around the basket. The employee was wearing a safety harness and was not ejected, but received a severe laceration on his lower leg from contact with the basket guardrails.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate