Incident date: 2017-10-24
NAICS industry code: 327213

A spotter was directing a boom lift operator to move the boom lift forward and providing start/stop signals. The spotter was walking in front of the boom lift when the boom lift operator moved forward and struck the spotter, knocking him down and pinching his left leg between the boom lift frame and the ground. The spotter suffered multiple fractures, with an open traumatic wound to his left foot and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
severity: moderate