Incident date: 2017-08-02
NAICS industry code: 238390

An employee was working on leveling prefabricated metal stairs while in a scissor lift. The stairs slipped off supports and struck the scissor lift knocking it over. The employee was ejected from the lift and sustained fractures to his arm and finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate