Incident date: 2020-02-27
NAICS industry code: 561730

Employees were using a rope puller to load a broken chipper onto a flatbed trailer. When the rope puller was tensioned, the hook broke; the rope and broken hook rebounded, striking an employee. The employee suffered a broken right arm and internal bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate