Incident date: 2015-08-05
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee fabricating highway signs was welding on a metal plate (approximately 530 pounds and 28"x33"x2") when the tack-welds gave way and the metal plate fell onto and crushed the employee's right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate