Incident date: 2024-08-22
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was replacing the undercarriage on a dozer when a lifting hook became stuck between the track and the machine. The employee was freeing the hook by lifting the track using an overhead crane when the hook slipped off the track and struck them in the jaw. The employee sustained a fracture to their upper jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate