Incident date: 2018-08-24
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was observing the hoisting of a steel roof beam. As the crane was setting the beam down so its rigging could be tightened, the beam fell out of the rigging, hit the ground, rolled, and struck the employee. It broke his left ankle and lacerated his right foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate