Incident date: 2022-06-15
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using an overhead crane to move a 4,300-pound steel plate. The plate was being lowered to the burn table when it became unhooked and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a fat lip, elbow laceration, bruises to the right side, and broken bones to the right leg and torso.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate