Incident date: 2024-11-17
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was assisting a crane that was lifting a crate containing a 550-pound electrical breaker. The crate slipped from the lifting apparatus and fell, catching the crane operator s sleeve and pinning his hand between the breaker and shipping crate. He was hospitalized with a crushing injury including a fracture, puncture, strain/sprain, bruise, laceration, and dislocation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Switchboards, panels, fuses
code_nature: title: Other multiple traumatic injuries  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate