Incident date: 2023-12-27
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate