Incident date: 2024-11-13
NAICS industry code: 237990

Employees were using a sidewinder crane to lower debris from the basin when the boom failed and fell on two employees, pinning them to the ground. Both employees sustained broken backs and were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: low