Incident date: 2023-08-21
NAICS industry code: 336612

Employees were using a 10-ton crane to lift a 3,200-pound aluminum hull when the lifting sling shackle came off the hook. The hull fell to the ground and amputated one employee's big toe. The other employee sustained a femur fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: high