Incident date: 2016-08-17
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was using an extension brush to paint over a group of racking uprights. The uprights started rocking back and forth and one of the uprights fell towards him, causing four more to fall. The employee's leg was pinned under the four uprights. His leg was broken and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Racks-garment and other
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate