Incident date: 2021-10-17
NAICS industry code: 331421

An employee was attaching a C-hook to a smaller scale hook attached to an overhead crane. The C-hook was resting on top of a coil. The smaller scale hook was not fitting into the C-hook and the C-hook slid off of the coil, striking the employee's left shin and causing a laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate