Incident date: 2022-10-05
NAICS industry code: 237130

A rigging crew was installing structural steel beams from a staging area. A crane had been used to stand a beam up; an employee was standing on one side of the beam helping others adjust the wire rope rigging. The beam became unstable, rolled toward the employee, and struck his legs, breaking each one between the knee and the ankle.

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