Incident date: 2017-11-13
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a chain fall/come-along hoist to lift a steel tank. The hook on the chain slipped out of the welded lifting pad-eye on the tank. The tank then fell approximately 5 feet, striking and fracturing the employee's left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate