Incident date: 2022-10-12
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was moving flat steel bar material with an overhead crane when the material got stuck. The employee attempted to maneuver the controls on the overhead crane; the material broke free and struck the employee on the left cheek. The employee sustained a fracture to their left cheek/jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate