Incident date: 2025-06-20
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was repairing a wire rope that had become caught and had begun to unravel. He was disconnecting the rope when it snapped and recoiled, jolting him upward and causing him to strike a nearby metal bar. He suffered two fractures to his right femur, as well as a puncture wound, and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Wire, cables nonelectrified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate