Incident date: 2018-03-18
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was standing next to a flatbed trailer. A load of steel rails had just been hoisted onto the bed of the trailer. When the steel was unlashed from the crane, two pieces fell off the bed and struck the employee. The employee sustained toe amputations on one foot and trauma to the head, hands, abdomen, and feet.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Rails-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high