Incident date: 2025-05-05
NAICS industry code: 324110

An ironworker was maneuvering a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) into position to install a structural beam. The employee was pinned between another structural steel beam that was already installed and the MEWP control box cover. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to their lip, dislodged teeth, and a fractured jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
severity: moderate