Incident date: 2020-08-20
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was working on slab lifter tongs with another employee. The employee was placing a stone slab wedge to separate bundles so that the clamps could pick up a stone slab. The 400-pound stone slab overturned, pinning the employee between the stone slab and the unloading dock. The employee sustained a broken ankle and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Stone, marble, granite slabs
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate