Incident date: 2016-03-08
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was operating a winch on a barge when the rigging came free and hit the protective cage, breaking the cage loose. The cage hit the employee, lacerating his forehead and causing multiple facial fractures. The was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate