Incident date: 2025-02-24
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was welding a section of a metal staircase when the clamps securing it became loose, causing the section he was working on to fall out of place. The employee twisted and fractured his ankle while preventing a falling piece of the metal structure from landing on his leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal building materials  unspecified form
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate