Incident date: 2016-12-20
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was using a crane to load steel for a furnace. When the employee unhooked the lifting device from the steel, the hook on the chain caught on the steel. Before the employee could stop the crane, the hook, under tension, came free and struck the employee's jaw, fracturing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate