Incident date: 2020-05-01
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was welding a 2,200-pound steel I-beam from a sitting position. The I-beam rolled off the sawhorses supporting it and fell on the employee's legs, breaking them both below the knee.

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