Incident date: 2019-03-27
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was lowering the boom of the manlift. The manlift basket became entangled with a rope attached to a pulley used to hoist screens and tools to the top of the plant. As the manlift descended it put tension on the rope which broke the gantry frame. A section of the frame struck the employee's head/shoulder area. The employee lost consciousness and sustained multiple fractures to his skull, face, shoulder and ribs. The employee was wearing personal protective equipment at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate