Incident date: 2016-06-29
NAICS industry code: 221121

Employees were loading regulators onto a truck for delivery when the lifting cable on their digger truck broke causing the regulator to fall. When the regulator fell, it hit a crate and rolled striking an employee's head. The employee suffered three lacerations to the head that required 35 staples and seven stiches. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Electric parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate