Incident date: 2018-10-22
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was welding and repairing a grapple hook on a knuckle boom loader. The lift driver raised the grappler from the ground to reposition it so the employee could continue welding. The grappler then swung swiftly due to being attached to a come-a-long and struck the employee in the left ankle, fracturing and dislocating it. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Loaders, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate