Incident date: 2016-01-15
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was injured while hanging a dropped hog onto a rail with a chain hoist.  The hog and hanger assembly fell, landed on a floor conveyor, and bounced off striking the employee on the outside of his knee. The hangar portion of the assembly caused a puncture wound to the knee and lacerated a tendon.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate