Incident date: 2018-05-02
NAICS industry code: 238990

On May 2, 2018, an employee was observing a crane lift when the load shifted and struck the employee, pinching him between a demolished walkway and existing handrail. He suffered six broken ribs, two broken transverse processes, a lacerated kidney and a lacerated liver, resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate