Incident date: 2019-12-13
NAICS industry code: 336111

An employee had finished using an overhead crane with a c-hook attachment to unload steel coils off a flatbed trailer. Employees were trying to use a forklift to pick up the attachment for use at a different crane when the attachment fell over onto the crane operator, causing a broken left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate