Incident date: 2016-02-18
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was heating a 40-foot steel beam to adjust its camber when the beam fell over and struck the employee's right leg, breaking the tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate