Incident date: 2018-06-07
NAICS industry code: 423390

An employee was crouched on the ground cutting a piece of stainless steel. A large piece of steel fell from the grapple of a scrap handler, struck the ground and skidded 24 feet striking the employee and causing a fractured right arm.

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