Incident date: 2021-09-01
NAICS industry code: 611310

An employee was disassembling a manhole cover lifter to be loaded into a work van. As the employee was removing the magnetic attachment and bent over to pick it up, the long handle fell down, hitting the employee on the head. The employee suffered a concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate