Incident date: 2019-06-07
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was trying to direct a crane load from the back of a Palletized Load System (PLS) vehicle. The employee was struck by the crane load while getting out of the way of the swinging load and suffered a fractured left wrist and elbow, a bruised hip, and a torn left rotator cuff.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and elbow(s)
severity: moderate