# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Gernatt Asphalt Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021020` · 2/1/2024 · DELEVAN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
- **Secondary source:** Catwalks
## Employer
- **Name:** Gernatt Asphalt Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 11802 Route 16, DELEVAN, NEW YORK, 14042
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been working on a piece of equipment from the basket of an aerial lift. The employee tried to retract the boom to back away from the equipment. The boom unexpectedly began to lower, and the basket contacted the handrail of a catwalk that ran alongside the equipment. The lift continued to lower. The handrail bent and two of the lift's wheels began to leave the ground. The lift moved away from the equipment; the basket came free from the handrail and returned to the ground quickly and with enough force to knock the employee off his feet. He suffered injuries to the shoulder and ankle (both requiring surgery), as well as lacerations to the forehead and one cheek.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*