Incident date: 2016-09-29
NAICS industry code: 336611

On September 29, 2016, an employee was helping to install a torque (transmission) on a large bulldozer using chain hoists when one of the hoists gave way, allowing the transmission to come down and strike the employee's head and face. The employee suffered forehead lacerations, facial trauma, and a skull fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Transmission-vehicle
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate