Incident date: 2018-06-28
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee unloaded a beam and laid it down. While attempting to remove chains from underneath the beam, the beam slipped and crushed the employee's leg between the beam and a pipe. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the lower left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate