Incident date: 2021-06-30
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee rigged a piece of heavy commercial equipment in preparation for lifting. During lifting operations, the lifting equipment failed and the chain struck the employee resulting in broken vertebrae and a dislocated collarbone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate