Incident date: 2019-03-07
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was hoisting hides with a hoist attached to a support beam. The beam failed and fell, striking the employee in the head and breaking the employee's jaw. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Girders, beams, structural steel
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate