Incident date: 2024-09-12
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was planning a cable pull operation where the cables would be pulled one at time from a four conductor bundle. The employee was operating the capstan to pull the feeder cable when the drop-in anchor failed, causing the cable sheave to strike the employee in the left arm and torso. The employee sustained a laceration to their left bicep/forearm and fractured ribs on their left side.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate