Incident date: 2019-12-19
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was removing a cast iron heater from the overhead in a mill. Ropes that were temporarily holding the unit broke and the unit knocked the employee from his ladder to the floor. He suffered 11 broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a head laceration and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Furnaces, heaters
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate