Incident date: 2020-05-28
NAICS industry code: 515210

An employee was stepping off the lower step of an aerial lift platform when the employee's left knee struck an unknown object. The employee then fell backwards and landed on the sidewalk. The employee suffered a fractured kneecap.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate