Incident date: 2021-01-06
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was lowering a 400-pound sheet of plate steel onto a table using a hoist system. The safety hook failed and the sheet of metal fell 8 feet, striking the employee in the left leg and breaking the tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate