Incident date: 2023-07-07
NAICS industry code: 332811

Employees used a hoist to lift up a scissor lift table so they could troubleshoot the scissor lift table. The injured employee was moving a cylinder underneath the lift table when the lift table fell from the hoist and landed on their left arm resulting in a fractured wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate