Incident date: 2019-04-27
NAICS industry code: 332112

An employee was manually lowering a lift. The elevator weight on the tensioning chain jammed between the frame and elevator; the employee's lower leg was broken as she tried to clear the jam.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate