Incident date: 2015-12-17
NAICS industry code: 321214

A stack of 6"x 6" x 20' timbers were banded together and sitting on the ground. The stack was about three to four feet high. An employee cut the bands off of the stack and four of the timbers fell striking the employee in the left leg and fracturing it just above the ankle.

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