Incident date: 2023-01-25
NAICS industry code: 238220

On January 25, 2023, an employee was using a scissor lift to set HVAC equipment up on the roof of a home/airplane hangar. The scissor lift was near the hangar's rollup door. The door was opened and knocked the scissor lift over; the employee jumped to the cement floor, about 14 feet below, to avoid being crushed by the falling lift. He suffered fractures to the pelvis and ankle and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
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