Incident date: 2024-05-29
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was walking under a crawler crane that was driving pilons into the ground. The wrecking ball broke away from the cable and fell 60 feet. The cable strings struck the employee's left side. He sustained an injury to the left side of his back and a broken left foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
code_source: title: Wire, cables nonelectrified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate