Incident date: 2019-07-29
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was operating an overhead bridge crane to move steel beams. The employee placed a beam on the floor to be staged, then unhooked the clamp from the beam. When the hoist was raised, a hook from the clamp caught on the flange of the beam causing the beam to fall onto the employee. He sustained bilateral open femur fractures and a pelvis fracture.

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