Incident date: 2023-08-11
NAICS industry code: 332312

On August 11, 2023, an employee removed rigging from a steel beam that had been attached to an overhead crane. The employee was moving the crane when the rigging caught the beam and tipped it over, striking the employee. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the spine, sternum, and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate