Incident date: 2024-04-18
NAICS industry code: 424910

An employee was assisting a customer in loading items onto their truck/trailer. The employee cut a band off a bundle of railroad ties. As they walked away the railroad ties fell and struck them, causing them to fall to the ground. A railroad tie landed on top of their leg and the leg was fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Dimensional lumber
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate