Incident date: 2016-05-11
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was unloading a steel plate from a truck when the plate struck a steel half cylinder, causing the cylinder to fall and strike the employee's lower left leg. The employee suffered a broken left tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate