Incident date: 2019-05-17
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was unloading a truck and placing metal rods onto a cantilever rack with the aid of a hoist. A metal rod dislodged from the rack, fell, and struck the employee on the back. The employee suffered a fractured back bone and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate