Incident date: 2015-04-20
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing electrical cables near the ceiling at a manufacturing facility. The employee was operating a scissor lift at a height of approximately 26 feet. While pulling the cable, a portion of the cable end became entangled on the lift and the lift overturned. The employee suffered left leg injuries that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate