Incident date: 2017-08-17
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was standing on a bridge sidewalk when a passing vehicle with a ladder rack snagged a vertical hand line hanging from the upper portions of the bridge. The rope struck the employee along the midsection and threw him against the bridge's hand railing. He suffered two fractured ribs, a mild concussion, and minor bleeding in the spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries and injuries to internal organs
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate