Incident date: 2016-06-24
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was moving an overhead crane and had the crane remote in his hand. He was lifting a bundle of rebar with the crane. There was another free-swinging chain hanging from the crane. The hook at the end of the free-swinging chain hit the employee in the face, crushing the right side.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Face, n.e.c.
severity: moderate