Incident date: 2021-12-06
NAICS industry code: 311211

An employee was guiding an overhead chain hoist that was moving a sifter. The equipment detached from the hoist. The chain bounced off the equipment and struck the employee's hardhat resulting in head trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate