Incident date: 2024-11-12
NAICS industry code: 237310

A crew was installing a border wall. The border wall panels were being lifted by a nylon round sling when the sling was cut by the rough, sharp edge of the steel panel. The wall panels (also called bollards) fell onto the employees. Two employees were hospitalized with fractures to their lower extremities and contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower extremities  unspecified
severity: low