Incident date: 2022-07-13
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was lifting a sheet of steel using a chain hoist with a strap around the steel sheet. The strap broke causing the chain hoist to strike the employee's hand. The injury required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate