Incident date: 2025-08-29
NAICS industry code: 237990

Pile-driving operations were being conducted when a steel I-beam broke loose and fell horizontally. The beam hit an excavator and rolled into an employee who was standing nearby, signaling commands to the excavator operator. The employee's leg was fractured and nearly severed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object  unspecified
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate