Incident date: 2023-04-17
NAICS industry code: 332410

An employee was helping secure a support structure for a heat exchanger that was going to be cut. The support structure was cut and the heat exchanger put tension on the strap that was securing it. The strap then broke and the heat exchanger fell. It struck the employee causing a laceration to their left lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate