Incident date: 2025-08-26
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was taking a scissor lift off a flatbed trailer. While using the remote operator controls and walking alongside the lift, the wheel of the lift turned in the wrong direction, causing it to strike the employee and roll over his left ankle. The employee was hospitalized with two broken bones in his ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate