Incident date: 2018-06-15
NAICS industry code: 561210

A RackMasters employee and a temporary employee were in a scissor lift at an elevation of approximately 20 feet, using a hand-held tool to unscrew angle joints and dismantle a rack. They were removing the final piece of the rack, which was against the wall of the facility (almost flush with the wall), when the rack became loose, fell, and hit the scissor lift. The scissor lift then fell over and the two employees jumped when it was about 2 feet from the ground. The employees suffered a spinal fracture and fractured arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: low