Incident date: 2019-09-20
NAICS industry code: 335314

An employee was pulling a 700- to 800-pound rigging hoist, which was on a four-wheel cart, out of a test fixture. The cart caught the side of the fixture and the hoist slid off it onto the employee's steel-toed boot. The employee suffered a fracture and laceration to the foot, as well as a knee contusion. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate