Incident date: 2018-01-31
NAICS industry code: 238130

On January 31, 2018, at 11:30 a.m., an employee was struck on the left wrist and the left side of his torso by the end of a truss that broke in half as it was suspended from a crane. He suffered a bone bruise to the left hand, torn left rotator cuff, three broken ribs, and a hematoma of the left lung, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Roof trusses, joists
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate