Incident date: 2021-03-31
NAICS industry code: 238210

Two employees were rolling a wooden cable spool that weighed approximately 500 lbs. down a flight of stairs. The employees were in the process of spinning the spool around a stair railing when it suddenly rolled down the stairs and pushed an employee to the second deck. The employee lost consciousness and suffered a partial ear avulsion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Ear(s)
severity: moderate