Incident date: 2022-05-06
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using an overhead crane to move a 20-foot long steel tube from a delivery truck to a storage cart. The tube struck a building column and bounced back striking the employee in the chest. The employee sustained a broken sternum and bruised heart.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate