Incident date: 2024-11-20
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was manually placing an empty oxygen tank, which was approximately 5 feet high and 20 inches in diameter, onto a portable carrier. The tank fell onto the employee's right foot, resulting in fractures and soft tissue injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Oxygen tanks and cylinders
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate