Incident date: 2021-12-07
NAICS industry code: 336611

On December 7, 2021, a crane operator was tasked with relocating four lifting pad eyes from a pallet on the floor. The handling gear to be used was located on a handling gear rack. As the crane was hoisting a set of hook chains from the rack, the handling gear rack fell over onto a nearby employee, resulting in a fractured left femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate