Incident date: 2017-11-29
NAICS industry code: 712110

An employee was using a lift (most likely scissor lift) to remove plastic that was stuck on pallets when he lost his balance and fell 10 to 15 feet off the lift to the ground, breaking both wrists and shattering his knee. The lift was unguarded at the time.

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: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate