Incident date: 2015-10-06
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was cutting a steel plate when a scrap piece fell and was lodged on the cutting table.  The employee attempted to remove the scrap plate with an overhead crane when the two hooks came loose and struck him in the chest and face. He sustained three fractured ribs, a collapsed right lung, and a nose laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate