Incident date: 2016-04-19
NAICS industry code: 424710

Employees were removing a loading arm from the loading platform and were using a rope to hold the loading arm in place. The rope snapped, which caused the arm to swing down and hit an employee in the chest. The blow knocked him off of the platform and onto the concrete below, a distance of approximately 11.5'. He fractured his neck vertebra and skull.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
code_source: title: Structures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate