Incident date: 2017-06-17
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was welding and constructing a steel cage from six 1,400-pound steel plates. He was guiding a steel plate from a forklift into position when the chains holding the steel plate slipped off the forklift forks and the 5' x 5' steel plate broke his right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate