Incident date: 2019-01-24
NAICS industry code: 333517

An employee was using a wire sling to stand up a 1,000-pound sheave wheel in a vertical position. The wheel fell over and hit his left foot, crushing it against a 4-by-4. He was hospitalized, and a toe was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate