Incident date: 2016-09-09
NAICS industry code: 333994

An employee was using a double spreader chain with hooks to hoist a steel plate weighing approximately 1,200 pounds. The hook came loose from the plate and struck the employee's right leg, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate