Incident date: 2017-06-08
NAICS industry code: 333131

An employee was moving a large piece of welded steel (feeder hopper side) off of a sawhorse onto the floor using an overhead crane and chains. After the employee unhooked the chain, the structure fell towards the employee striking his lower right leg and fracturing the tibia/fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate