Incident date: 2017-07-29
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was walking across stored rebar on the ground to access some framework angle iron. He retrieved a piece of angle iron and was returning back across the rebar, when he slipped and fell. The band of rebar that was being carried in his right hand came down on his left ring finger causing an open fracture which required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, slip, trip, unspecified
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate