Incident date: 2019-10-03
NAICS industry code: 213111

Employees were replacing stripping rubber. As they were pulling the line up with a lifting hook, the line became caught on a kick-out beam. When the line released from being snagged, it snapped up and the lifting hook struck the injured employee in the mouth. The employee lost three teeth, suffered a broken palate and maxilla, and had one tooth embedded into the roof of his mouth. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate