Incident date: 2023-08-31
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was using a 5-ton overhead crane to lift an end cap when a weld broke on the lifting eye, causing the wall to fall. The employee's right leg was injured by the end cap.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Building materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate