Incident date: 2023-09-06
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee finished setting up rigging on beams to be moved. A crane then lifted the beams in order to get them set in a building. The lifted beams hit other beams that were in a line causing them to fall and strike the employee's legs. The employee sustained broken legs and a broken right ankle.

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: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate