Incident date: 2019-11-26
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was using a crane to lift chains when the crane's hook got tangled. The crane's cable snapped and hit the employee in the lower back, causing a bruised liver, three fractured ribs, and a lumbar fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate