Incident date: 2016-09-28
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was operating an aerial lift to torque the bolts on a connection point of the steel girder to a bridge. His head was pinched between the aerial lift control panel cover and the bottom of the steel girder above him. He suffered a laceration to his right ear and a skull fracture, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate