Incident date: 2025-06-11
NAICS industry code: 321999

The injured employee was assisting a skid steer operator to move a stack of bundled railroad ties. The operator lifted the stack of bundled ties and the band securing the bundle broke, causing the ties to fall and strike the injured employee. The injured employee sustained a fractured hip and both ankles were fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and hip(s)
severity: moderate