Incident date: 2025-04-09
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was straightening a stack of materials (including steel flats, channels, and beams) on a cart. He was using a crane with a magnet. While he was "locking" the magnet, the crane pulled a 1,400-pound bundle of channel off the stack that struck his left leg. He was hospitalized and required surgery to the leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate