Incident date: 2022-08-11
NAICS industry code: 238120

The injured employee was directing the operator on an excavator with a boom attachment that was carrying a load of rebar. When the load came down, the bars wedged instead of laying flat, and then rolled toward the injured employee striking and fracturing his left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate