Incident date: 2018-05-08
NAICS industry code: 327991

A clamp was pulling a slab from an A-frame and lifting it in the air when it hit other slabs that were resting on safety poles. Five to six quartz slabs then fell from the A-frame and struck an employee, who suffered a fractured left knee and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Stone, marble, granite slabs
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate