Incident date: 2023-05-04
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was in a boom lift when the vehicle struck a hole then stopped abruptly. The impact ejected the employee and his fall protection pulled him back into the basket. The employee possibly struck the basket and was hospitalized for a leg fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate