Incident date: 2017-10-04
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was positioning a hoist with rigging equipment to move a boom. As the employee was raising the hoist cable and hook, the hook was caught on the side lip of a work table. The hook then broke loose and swung, striking the employee in the face. The employee suffered a facial laceration, broken jaw, and tooth extraction.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate