Incident date: 2016-09-30
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was unloading scissor lifts from a truck trailer ramp. As the employee was bringing a lift down the ramp, the wheel started turning sideways, which caused the lift to tip over with the employee on it. The employee suffered a back injury and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate