Incident date: 2020-01-23
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was standing near stacked steel beams, using a handheld remote to raise the top beam with a crane. When the beam was lifted up, the bottom beam became unstable and shifted off the dunnage onto the employee's right leg. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate