Incident date: 2015-05-05
NAICS industry code: 493190

An employee was moving an aerial lift. He was attached via a lanyard when the aerial lift basket bounced, catapulting the employee. The employee was still in the basket after the accident occurred. He injured his left knee and fractured his left leg (left open fibula fracture). He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate