Incident date: 2024-04-30
NAICS industry code: 484122

An employee was unloading bundles of metal from a trailer when a bundle weighing approximately 1300 lbs. fell onto their legs and feet. The employee's right foot was amputated, the left foot injury required surgery and their leg sustained scrapes and bruises.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Foot (feet) and toe(s)
severity: high