Incident date: 2021-03-10
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was removing an excavator's grapple arm pin with a hammer and a steel bar. The bar struck the employee's jaw, knocking the employee unconscious and causing an injury that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate