Incident date: 2020-11-20
NAICS industry code: 334416

At about 8:00 p.m. on November 20, 2020, an employee was using a crane to remove product from a racking system. A cable broke and the crane tipped forward, ejecting the employee. The employee flew about 10-12 feet into the air, then fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered two broken ribs, a broken collarbone, a broken tailbone, a punctured lung, and lacerations that required suturing.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate