Incident date: 2025-08-21
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was moving steel beams using an overhead crane. He had just set one beam down using the crane and was moving it from its position when the crane's hook caught on a different beam, causing two beams to fall onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his left leg, foot, and knee, and he required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations  n.e.c.
severity: moderate