Incident date: 2015-11-10
NAICS industry code: 332722

An employee was attempting to move a 1-ton piece of steel from a forklift to a processing machine using an overhead crane. He was struck by the stock, which dropped on his left leg, causing blunt trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate