Incident date: 2019-05-21
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was flipping the "boom strip" from a horizontal position to a vertical position with a flipper bar when the tool slipped causing the "boom strip" to shift and strike the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a fractured and dislocated left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate