Incident date: 2018-11-14
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was removing a swing drive from an excavator. He had a lift strap wrapped around the swing drive and was attempting to lift the drive out of the machine.  The strap was underneath a fitting and caused excessive pressure on the fitting, which caused the fitting to break off and hit his forehead. He suffered a fractured skull.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate