Incident date: 2016-01-13
NAICS industry code: 213111

Employees were lifting an I-beam (approximately 1800 pounds) with a material handler to place it on a tractor trailer. The strap used in the lift broke, and the I-beam struck an employee, breaking two legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate