Incident date: 2019-02-04
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was opening a 15' wide by 20' tall manual overhead door using the pull chain. While using the pull chain to the pulley and sprocket, a spring mechanism fell and struck him on the head. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a cracked C1 vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Fasteners, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate