Incident date: 2016-11-30
NAICS industry code: 238310

An employee was plastering a wall approximately 14 feet above the ground while working from a hydro lift when he fell to the ground, breaking his left wrist, fracturing his hip, and rupturing his spleen. He was hospitalized. The lift was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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 and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate