Incident date: 2015-04-24
NAICS industry code: 237310

A pendant line on a crane was secured to the crane's boom. As the boom was being elevated, the pendant line broke loose and went through the crane cab, striking the injured employee in the face/head. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate