Incident date: 2020-01-27
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was sitting in a concrete truck that was stuck in the mud. The back of a second concrete truck was attached to the front of the concrete truck that was stuck in the mud by a ratcheting strap. The connecting strap snapped, flinging the metal ratchet device crashing through the driver side window of the concrete truck. The device struck the employee in the head, causing a forehead laceration that required sutures and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Strapping
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forehead
severity: moderate