Incident date: 2015-11-09
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee was handling a windmill edge protector as it was being lifted by a crane. The edge protector fell on top of him as he stood underneath it, fracturing his neck and compressing his spine vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Parts and materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate