Incident date: 2022-07-22
NAICS industry code: 331312

An employee was operating an overhead crane remotely. The load, a 5,000-pound bundle of aluminum bars, struck the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate