Incident date: 2017-11-16
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was in an aerial lift using a chain fall to plumb a steel column and set a row of purlins when the lift's rise button was activated. His head was then caught between a purlin and the lift at a height of 13 feet. He suffered a laceration above his left eyebrow, a cut to his lower lip, and a hairline fracture to his cheekbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Cheek(s)
severity: moderate