Incident date: 2018-05-30
NAICS industry code: 333514

An employee weighed and placed a drum of material onto a pallet and released the drum grabber fixture from the drum. As the employee began walking and repositioning the hoist with the remote control pendent, the hoist released from the beam and struck a drum causing impact with the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a fractured left leg and foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate