Incident date: 2024-10-17
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was driving a boom lift when he encountered a 10-inch elevation change, and his face and left arm struck the guardrail system of the boom lift basket. He was hospitalized with a fractured left arm, a hairline jaw fracture on the left side, and a laceration under his chin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate