Incident date: 2019-07-09
NAICS industry code: 928110

On July 9, 2019, an employee was being trained to calibrate an oxygen test bench. He was lying on the floor under the bench during a simulated repair when a 40-pound counterweight's cable broke loose. The counterweight fell from 3 to 4 feet above the floor onto his head. He suffered a broken eye socket and possible skull fracture and was hospitalized.

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