Incident date: 2015-06-29
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was helping coworkers trying to undo tension on a 1.5 ton come-a-long. The injured employee struck the angle brace that the come-a-long was attached to. The hook of the come-a-long broke free, striking the employee in the lower jaw/face.

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: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate