Incident date: 2022-12-05
NAICS industry code: 493110

Two employees were in a scissor lift, installing aircraft cable between light poles. The lift was raised and then tipped over causing both employees to fall. Employee 1 sustained a fractured right leg, a pelvic fracture on the left side, and a fractured tailbone. Employee 2 sustained a fractured left arm, collapsed lung, and internal bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: low