Incident date: 2022-03-16
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was working on a steel plate, about 1 foot by 8 feet, to be installed on a structure that was being fabricated. He stepped on a piece of metal that had been welded to the plate, causing the plate to strike him in the shin. He suffered a laceration and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Stepped on object
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate