Incident date: 2016-11-26
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was being lifted in a powered industrial truck cage to conduct inventory. The cage fell to the ground when it reached the third tier of the racking system, which was about 25 feet high. The employee hit the ground, sustaining facial fractures and bruised ribs and lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 21 to 25 feet
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate