Incident date: 2020-03-02
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was waiting for a mechanic to gather tools needed to reeve a hoist cable through a single-sheave rope block. The block fell over, pushing the employee forward and causing him to fall. The block then landed on his left ankle/leg, breaking the ankle and the tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate