Incident date: 2017-06-08
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was guarding a trash chute opening as the chute was being dismantled when a contractor working overhead dropped a 2x4, which ricocheted off equipment and struck the employee's arm. The 2x4 deeply lacerated the employee's arm and fractured it, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate