Incident date: 2018-03-26
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was erecting signage while other employees loaded scrap metal into a ship for export. During these loading operations, a piece of metal fell from a grapple and struck the employee's side and back. He suffered five broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate