Incident date: 2022-03-02
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was taking a large propeller off a towboat using a 6-inch pad eye. The pad eye broke off the chain and the propeller struck the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a compound fracture 4 inches below the knee and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate