Incident date: 2016-04-28
NAICS industry code: 238190

An employee was repairing a winch with a ratchet wrench. Tension on the winch caused it and the wrench to spin. The spinning wrench struck the employee's right lower arm and fractured it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wrenches-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate