Incident date: 2017-09-21
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was operating a lift with a man basket to install a drainage pipe underneath a bridge when the lift started to slide down a slope. The employee was then ejected from the man basket and fell approximately 20 feet to the ground, suffering abdominal and facial injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate