Incident date: 2017-12-19
NAICS industry code: 238120

After a crane lift, an employee removed the hooks from a casting and was retracting the crane when one of the hooks caught on the edge of a platform. As he attempted to free the hook, the tension on the crane sprung and the hook struck him in the face, breaking his facial bones.

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: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate