Incident date: 2021-06-29
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was pulling a piece of steel from a scrap pile when a fabricated transmission hoist fell and struck the employee in the back. The employee suffered a left knee injury, a chipped front tooth, and bruised ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate