Incident date: 2025-03-12
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was lifting a steel frame to be rigged and picked. The steel frame was 18 inches wide by 34 feet long and weighed approximately 800 lbs. The employee used a crowbar, wedged under the steel frame to gain leverage. The crowbar let loose and the steel frame fell onto the employees left leg, fracturing his tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal building materials  unspecified form
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate