Incident date: 2024-06-12
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was cambering a 35-foot I-beam. The beam cambered in a different direction and came off the 4-inch block. The beam fell on the employee's lower legs. The employee sustained fractures to their left tibia and fibula and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate