Incident date: 2018-09-10
NAICS industry code: 423930

On September 10, 2018, a truck driver was helping unload steel rolls from a flatbed truck. When the chain supporting the rolls was removed, a roll came loose from the stack and fell onto the employee's leg. The employee suffered a fractured wrist and an above-knee amputation of the left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: high