Incident date: 2016-05-17
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was helping to load 40-foot steel angles onto a truck. The crane moved, and the chain dropped due to the load. The load then struck the employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury and three fractured vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate