Incident date: 2024-05-14
NAICS industry code: 237310

A welder was working from the basket of an articulating boom lift to cut (weld) a bridge girder. The girder fell into the lift basket and pulled down the lift with the employee in the basket. The employee sustained a spinal injury and broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate