Incident date: 2015-11-23
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was fitting a 40-foot steel plate onto the bow rake of a barge. The plate came loose and fell on the employee's leg, breaking the employee's femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate