Incident date: 2025-08-28
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was on a boom lift about 10 feet in the air, traveling backward. The back of his head struck a metal beam, knocking him unconscious. He fell forward, made contact with the controls, and was lifted another foot or two and then wedged between a steel beam and the lift. He suffered a concussion and a broken jaw and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate