Incident date: 2021-07-26
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was using an overhead crane when its hook got caught on the bed of a hydraulic press. When the crane was being lowered, the hook slipped, struck the employee's left arm, and broke it. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate