Incident date: 2024-03-11
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was lifting 4-by-4-foot bundles of insulation on a sling. As they were preparing to rig the next load onto the sling, wind caused some of the bundles to separate and fall to the ground. One bundle struck the employee, resulting in multiple fractures and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate