Incident date: 2024-01-06
NAICS industry code: 423510

A crane placed the back end of a scrap box on a transfer buggy, then began to lower the box in order to dump out the piece of scrap it contained. The entire box came off the transfer buggy and struck an employee in the legs as he stood between the box and a scrap chute gate. Both of the employee's legs were injured and he was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cranes  unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate