Incident date: 2017-07-11
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was monitoring as an electrical crew used a pulley system to pull conduit when the pulley plate broke loose and struck the right side of the employee's body. The employee suffered a broken elbow and forearm, as well as contusions to the hip area and below. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Elbow(s) and arms(s)
severity: moderate