Incident date: 2025-08-07
NAICS industry code: 333517

An employee was remotely operating a 25-ton gantry crane with a magnet attachment to unload a steel plate (approximately 96'' x 280'') from a semi-truck to the ground in the steel yard. The plate struck the employee as it was being moved, resulting in three fractures to his right arm that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate