Incident date: 2018-04-09
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee removed the master link out of the chain supporting a counterbalance that he thought had no weight. The counterbalance then fell and struck his upper arm, lacerating it and peeling off the skin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate