Incident date: 2024-06-25
NAICS industry code: 623110

A bus driver used the lift on the bus to lower a resident in an electrical wheelchair. The wheelchair went forward and a wheel caught on the hook of the lift and caused the wheelchair to tilt. The wheelchair then landed on the driver's legs resulting in fractures to their knee and tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wheelchairs, scooters  powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate