Incident date: 2016-02-03
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was struck in the head while removing a concrete form used to manufacture burial vaults. The form was being removed when a bar swung and hit the employee in the head, knocking him to the ground. The employee was standing on the floor at the time and was wearing a protective helmet. He was hospitalized after being knocked unconscious with a cut to the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate