Incident date: 2019-08-27
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was using an overhead crane with a hoist to lift steel band material when the lifting device experienced tension from the overhead crane and slipped from the steel band. The steel band then struck and fractured his chin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate