Incident date: 2024-05-28
NAICS industry code: 713990

While tearing down a Ferris wheel, an employee was caught between the sweeps when a pin on the cross bar came loose as the wheel was manually rotated from the ground. The injured employee sustained crushed vertebrae and broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate