Incident date: 2017-11-05
NAICS industry code: 334416

An employee was elevating a scissor lift while inside the lift's basket when one side of the scissor lift's guardrail system became caught on the guardrail system of an adjacent stationary lift. The scissor lift the employee was in then toppled over and fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs on  the left side of his body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate