Incident date: 2021-12-22
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was using a crowbar to move a 5-foot by 5-foot, 1/4-inch-thick piece of plate steel. The plate slipped and struck the employee's left leg, breaking the femur and the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate