Incident date: 2019-07-10
NAICS industry code: 238990

After an employee had completed a delivery, the boom lift was moving back into position and struck the employee in the chest. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the right side ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate