Incident date: 2017-11-30
NAICS industry code: 332119

An employee was preparing to move a steel bar stock. As he stepped back to allow a second employee to grab the other end of the bar, he lost his footing and fell. The bar then landed on him, hitting his knee and shoulder. He suffered torn tendons, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, unspecified
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate