Incident date: 2015-03-25
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was on a scissor lift cutting a metal water pipe (15-feet long) with a torch. When the pipe was completely cut, it hit the scissor lift and caused the lift to fall 15 feet to the ground. The employee broke his arm and pelvis and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate