Incident date: 2021-01-26
NAICS industry code: 561730

On January 26, 2021, two employees were trimming trees from an articulating boom lift, about 20 feet high. The lift drove over a septic hole, tilted, and fell; both employees jumped out. One of them suffered a broken right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate