Incident date: 2015-04-18
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was using a crane and a C hook to load a roll of coiled steel into a rack. The roll got caught on the rack and fell onto the employee's right leg resulting in hospitalization and amputation of his right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: high