Incident date: 2015-11-13
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was spotting the loading of a skip hoist onto a semi trailer. The employee attempted to adjust one of four legs that support the motor pack for the skip hoist, which is a separate piece from the skip hoist. The motor pack weighed 1,850 pounds. The employee was loosening a clamp on one of the motor pack legs when the leg collapsed, causing the motor pack to fall on the employee, who suffered broken vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Hoisting accessories, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate