Incident date: 2024-05-03
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was horizontally pulling air pre-heater baskets with a come-along connected to a pad eye on the basket. The pad eye broke off the basket and flew toward the employee, hitting him on the forehead. He sustained a laceration, fractured skull, and hemorrhage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Fasteners  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate