Incident date: 2022-12-16
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was assisting with the erection of a steel beam. As the beam was being lifted it came loose from the choker and began to fall. The employee went to push the beam out of the way and it struck him in the throat.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate