Incident date: 2017-11-05
NAICS industry code: 481111

An employee was working on top of jet bridge stairs near a lift used for transporting items (bags, strollers) to the ground. The lift malfunctioned and fell approximately 9 feet to just about 1 foot from the ground. The employee fell from the platform onto the lift and rolled onto the concrete, suffering a broken collarbone, broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a cracked vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds-staging, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate