Incident date: 2018-08-31
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was installing a garage door counterbalance. The spring action lifted the employee 6 to 8 feet into the air, causing fractures to the hip and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Garage doors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate