Incident date: 2016-08-31
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was moving an overhead crane while walking with its pendent control.  The crane's slings with the plate-dog attached were behind the employee as he walked.  The plate-dog got caught on a empty steel work skid used to support the materials being fabricated and pulled it over landing on the employee's left ankle. The employee suffered a compound dislocation of the left ankle requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Dislocation of joints
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate