Incident date: 2023-05-15
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was conducting routine steel coil packaging. When the employee moved the steel coil from the staging area to the packaging area, the metal chain link snapped. The employee was struck in the chest and knocked to the ground. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate