Incident date: 2018-08-18
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was installing tooling on a gear blank that was supported by an overhead crane when the weight shifted, causing the gear blank to push the employee into the side of an adjacent machine. The employee suffered a broken nose, jaw, and scapula, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate