Incident date: 2023-06-28
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was under a suspended load disassembling a form. As the last bolt was removed, a section of the form dropped from the crane, striking the employee in the back. They sustained fractures to numerous vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate