Incident date: 2018-08-23
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was painting steel beams from an aerial lift. The lift basket got caught on a metal beam while the lift was moving and when it freed the employee was thrown against another beam. The employee sustained a fractured shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate