Incident date: 2017-07-06
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was standing nearby as a crane operator attempted to remove a spindle from the mill. The operator hoisted the crane up too high and the chain sling broke. When the chain broke, it struck the employee on the right elbow, lacerating and fracturing part of the humerus bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate