Incident date: 2024-05-14
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was kneeling on the back of a truck loading metal sheets, when the tie wire that was supporting the sheets broke. The metal came down and hit the employee, who suffered a shattered shin bone and a dislocated left knee. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collapse, engulfment  loose materials or liquids
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate