Incident date: 2022-12-28
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was helping to remove a piece of a heating duct that was suspended approximately 20 feet in the air by threaded rods. A telehandler was holding up the duct as the crew began cutting the threaded rods one by one. When the last rod was cut, the duct shifted, knocking the employee off a scissor lift to the ground, resulting in rib and ankle fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate