Incident date: 2019-03-27
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was operating a hoist when the hoist retention hook failed causing the hoist to fall and strike the employee on the head. The employee sustained a head contusion and laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate