Incident date: 2023-05-17
NAICS industry code: 236220

Two welders were adjusting steel columns at the base plate when the tack welds holding up a 6 x 4 x 3/8-inch crossbeam failed. The beam fell 11 feet and struck the injured employee in the left rib area. The employee was hospitalized for T5-T7 vertebral fractures, fluid in the lungs, rib fractures, and bruising and contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate