Incident date: 2022-04-28
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was organizing his vehicle and offloading equipment, moving in and out of vehicle's rear door. An aerial lift with the bucket in the down/resting position was positioned near the rear door of the employee's vehicle. When another employee approached, the injured employee turned and struck his head on the bucket of the aerial lift resulting in a head contusion. The employee was hospitalized for a brain bleed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate