Incident date: 2025-02-25
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was working to remove a railcar coupler (approximately 400 pounds) from a rail tanker car prior to abrasive blasting. A forklift was used to hold the weight. While attaching a device to the coupler, the last pin holding the coupler was removed. The coupler fell onto the employee's lower right leg, causing a hairline fracture and an open wound that was approximately 1x3 inches in size.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine attachments  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate