Incident date: 2024-02-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was on a barge hooking up and unhooking loads on a boom crane. While under the boom crane, the employee was struck in the side of the head and the body by a free-falling headache ball and fast line. The employee suffered fractures and internal bleeding and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine attachments  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate