Incident date: 2023-01-19
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee approached a stack of girders, one of which had fallen. While his back was turned to the stack, another girder fell onto his right leg, which caused his face to hit the girder already on the ground. He suffered a broken right leg, a damaged right eye, and a laceration to the nose.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Girders, beams, structural steel
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate