Incident date: 2024-10-08
NAICS industry code: 221118

An employee was helping a contractor unload reels of wire using a digger derrick lifting hook. The hook struck the employee in the head below the hard hat, causing a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Head  unspecified
severity: moderate