Incident date: 2023-11-21
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was removing chains from a steel tube. A sorting hook attachment was caught on the staging area cross member. When he raised the chains, the sorting hook snapped back and struck the employee's face causing a fractured jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate