Incident date: 2021-06-20
NAICS industry code: 236220

Three employees had just retrieved a wooden beam from under a section of ductwork. One of them was bending over to pick it up when the duct section shifted and a piece of angle iron slid off it onto that employee's left thumb. The thumb was broken and the employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Angle irons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate