Incident date: 2023-02-26
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was utilizing a 20-ton overhead crane to place a steel insert into the hull of a ship. The employee attached the crane to the pad eye and began lifting the steel plate. The pad eye failed, releasing from the steel plate and causing it to strike the employee. They sustained a laceration to the right side of the face/head, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate