Incident date: 2023-04-24
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was using an overhead gantry crane with a hoist to install a hydraulic cylinder onto a boom of an excavator. The strap that was used was cut by one of the cylinder brackets, causing the cylinder to fall onto the employee's left arm. The employee sustained a fractured forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate