Incident date: 2015-05-29
NAICS industry code: 483211

On the morning of 5/29/2015, employee arrived at work at 6:00 am.  At about 6:05 he was securing a line to roll a cover on a barge. The hook somehow dislodged and became airborne striking the employee in his left upper arm. The hook was 4" and weighed approximately 3 pounds. The cover of the barge became wedged and put tension on the line and then the hook became dislodged striking the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate