Incident date: 2019-10-15
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was operating a hoist to move steel I-beams and set up an area. As he was moving an I-beam, it bumped into another I-beam and caused it to fall over. The falling I-beam landed on the employee's left leg, breaking it. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate