Incident date: 2023-08-04
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was reaching over a small stack of steel billets on the ground to cut a strap. When the strap was cut, one of the billets (weighing 5,182 pounds) rolled down onto his right leg. He was pinned and suffered a broken tibia. The incident occurred while the employee was training.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate