Incident date: 2022-06-13
NAICS industry code: 561990

An employee was using a crane to load a die back onto a storage rack when a pin on the die caught another die on the rack causing a 3,500-pound die to fall onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a broken leg and arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate