Incident date: 2015-03-04
NAICS industry code: 423110

An employee was using a come-along while performing maintenance on the leaf springs of a bus. The come-along slipped out of position and struck the employee in the right temporal lobe area, resulting in a deep laceration and fractured skull.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Material and personnel hoists
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate