Incident date: 2025-08-22
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was working on an aerial lift to install a steel rafter on a pre-engineered metal building when high winds caused multiple pieces of steel to fall off the structure. A steel rafter measuring 145 feet long struck the employee, resulting in six fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate